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Figure 3-6     Victims by Parental Status of Perpetrator, 2003
Child Maltreatment 2003

Figure 3-6 Victims by Parental Status of Perpetrator, 2003

Victims by Parental Status of Perpetrators, 2003

This bar graphs shows that approximately two-fifths (40.8%) of child victims were maltreated by their mothers acting alone; another 18.8 percent were maltreated by their fathers acting alone; 16.9 percent were abused by both their mother and father. Victims abused by a nonparental perpetrator accounted for 13.4 percent of the total.

 

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