TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Profiles of Child Maltreatment Perpetrators and Risk for Fatal Assault: A Latent Class Analysis
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Yampolskaya, Svetlana
A1  - Greenbaum, Paul E.
A1  - Berson, Ilene R.
SP  - 337
EP  - 348
VL  - 24
IS  - 5
N2  - This study examined characteristics and profiles of 196 child maltreatment perpetrators in Florida, including 126 who committed fatal assaults during 1999–2002. Results of logistic regression suggest that being a biologically unrelated caregiver is the strongest predictor of fatal child maltreatment. Latent Class Analysis (LCA) was used to classify perpetrators, and three classes were identified: Biological Mothers with Health Problems, Male Perpetrators with Domestic Violence History, and Multiple-Problem Perpetrators. Results of LCA showed that compared to Biological Mothers with Health Problems, Multiple-Problem Perpetrators were seven times more likely and Male Perpetrators with Domestic Violence History were 12 times more likely to commit a fatal assault. Implications of the findings are discussed.<p /> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10896-009-9233-8
ID  - ref1
ER  -