Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS–4)

Table 6–6. Perpetrator's Age by Severity of Harm and Perpetrator's Relationship toChildMaltreatment Category/Most Closely Related PerpetratorSERIOUSBiological ParentNonbiological Parent or PartnerOther PersonMODERATEBiological ParentNonbiological Parent or PartnerOther PersonINFERREDBiological ParentNonbiological Parent or PartnerOther PersonALL MALTREATMENT:Biological ParentNonbiological Parent or PartnerOther PersonPercent of Children in Row with PerpetratorWhose Age was. . .< 26 26 – 35 > 35Years Years YearsUnknown12% 35% 38% 17%11% 38% 36% 17%* 20% 63% 14%33% 15% 22% 30%9% 37% 37% 19%8% 40% 35% 19%3% 28% 53% 16%35% 19% 21% 27%20% 24% 42% 15%19% 28% 38% 18%* 22% 63% *31% 20% 35% 15%11% 35% 38% 18%10% 39% 36% 18%4% 25% 57% 15%34% 18% 24% 25%* Fewer than 20 cases with which to calculate estimate; estimate too unreliable to give.of children whose maltreatment was so severe that their harm could be inferred. Other(nonparental) persons who perpetrated Harm Standard maltreatment were primarilyyounger than 26 years old.6.5Child’s Race as a Function of the Maltreatment and thePerpetrator’s Relationship to the ChildThe analyses explored whether the children’s race was systematically relatedto the perpetrator’s relationship to them, either overall or in specific maltreatmentcategories. Overall, and across most maltreatment categories, the racial distribution ofmaltreated children simply reflected the race differences in risk of maltreatment reported6-13