Study of 95 case records of sexually abusive grandparents determined that virtually all perpetrators are male, the vast majority of victims are female, a large share of abusive grandfathers appear to also have been sexually abusive fathers, and stepgrandchildren appear to experience greater risk. Explicit threats and overt physical assault were…

This intergenerational study investigates histories of both attachment relationships and abusive experiences and domains of current functioning that distinguish families of sexually abused children from families of nonabused children. The participants included (a) 199 nonoffending African American mothers of whom approximately half had children…