@article{ref1,
title="Child Abuse Registry in Georgia: three years of experience",
journal="Southern medical journal",
year="1981",
author="McCarthy, Bernard J. and Rochat, R. W. and Cundiff, B. and Gould, P. A. and Quave, S.",
volume="74",
number="1",
pages="11-16",
abstract="The number of reported cases of physical child abuse in Georgia from July 1975 to June 1978 increased. Of 4,292 cases reported, 57% were confirmed. School officials most often reported cases of suspected abuse; 69% were confirmed by social work investigation. Metropolitan black female children had the highest residence/race/sex-specific abuse rates. The highest abuse rate for boys was for the 0- to 3-year-old group, while for girls the highest abuse rates were for the 13- to 16-year-old group. Both natural parents were present in 39% of the confirmed cases, and a natural parent was the abuser in 62% of the cases. Of the natural mothers who were confirmed abusers, 53% had been pregnant as teen-agers. Thirty-eight children died after being abused, with the highest death-case ratio being 62 per 1,000 abused children for black girls aged 0 to 4 years.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-4348",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}