@article{ref1,
title="Measuring child abuse's legacy",
journal="Science",
year="2015",
author="Underwood, Emily",
volume="347",
number="6229",
pages="1408-1408",
abstract="The notion that victims of physical abuse as kids are more likely to abuse their own children, often described as the &quot;cycle of violence,&quot; is widely held but sparsely documented. Now, the first large, longitudinal study to track how victims of child abuse treat their own children has found little evidence of a cycle of violence, but suggests that sexual abuse and neglect may indeed be passed down the generations. The study, published this week in Science, also makes a controversial claim: that heightened surveillance of families with a history of abuse may have biased some studies taken as evidence for the cycle of violence.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0036-8075",
doi="10.1126/science.347.6229.1408",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.347.6229.1408"
}