Spouse Abuse and Child Abuse by Army Soldiers

In this study, researchers examined the patterns of spouse abuse and child abuse perpetrated within a five year period (2000–2004) in a sample of 10,864 Active Duty Army Soldiers who had substantiated cases of family violence offenses. Three groups were compared to the general population of 465,100 Active Duty Army soldiers: (1) those who perpetrated spouse offenses only; (2) those who perpetrated child offenses only; and (3) those who perpetrated both spouse and child offenses.