justice’s posterous

Everywhere -- "The leading cause of death from physical abuse in the U.S. is Shaken Baby Syndrome... approximately 15 percent of children's deaths from abuse are due to battering or shaking, and an additional 15 percent are possible cases of shaking... males tend to be the perpetrators in 65-90 percent of the cases. In the U.S., adult males in their early 20s who are the baby's father or the mother's boyfriend generally are at higher risk for shaking babies. Females who injure babies are more likely to be childcare providers or babysitters than mothers." http://web.archive.org/web/20061030104926/http://www.healthychild.net/articles/mc25shakenbaby.html
 
"In 1994, the Child Abuse Prevention Center in Ogden, Utah, conducted a research study to compile information about documented cases of shaken baby syndrome. The study found that 79% of the perpetrators in shaken baby syndrome cases are male, most of whom are the biological father of the victim..." http://web.archive.org/web/20071221205239/http://www.dontshake.com/Audience.aspx?categoryID=10&PageName=Dads101.htm
 
"A growing body of evidence has pointed out that fathers, as well as father figures, are highly overrepresented as perpetrators of physical child abuse, particularly in its most severe forms... 44% were perpetrated by fathers and 20% were perpetrated by mothers' boyfriends, in contrast to 7% perpetrated by mothers..." Neil B. Guterman and Yookyong Lee, "The Role of Fathers in Risk for Physical Child Abuse and Neglect: Possible Pathways and Unanswered Questions," CHILD MALTREATMENT, Vol. 10, No. 2, May 2005 136-149. http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/10/2/136
 
"Between 70 percent and 79 percent of people convicted of killing or hurting babies are men. The average age of perpetrators is 24, and 62 percent are the parent of the victim and another 20 percent are the live-in boyfriend of the mother." Child abuse medical diagnosis and management, second edition. 2001. Eds. R. Reece and S. Ludwig. Pennsylvania: Lippencott, Williams and Wilkens. http://web.archive.org/web/20071223160209/http://www.dontshake.com/Audience.aspx?categoryID=10&PageName=Dads101PrisonCanada.htm
 
"Male perpetrators outnumbered females 2.2:1, with fathers, step-fathers, and mothers' boyfriends committing over 60% of the crimes. Fathers accounted for 37% of the abusers, followed by boyfriends at 20.5%. Female baby-sitters, at 17.3%, were a large, previously unrecognized group of perpetrators. Mothers were responsible for only 12.6% of our cases... Our data suggest male caretakers are at greater risk to abuse infants." http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/2/259

"Using a multidisciplinary approach, victim, perpetrator, family, and incident variables in 32 cases of infanticide in U.S. Air Force families were examined. Findings were that 55% percent of infant-victims had physical trauma before the fatal incident, indicating physical abuse. The caretaker-perpetrator was usually male (84%), the biological father of the victim (77%), and a first-time parent." http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ561031&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=EJ561031 http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/statistics.html http://www.thelizlibrary.org/liz/lamb-kelly.html