Typologies of Domestic Child Abuser’s Characteristics : Based on Latent Class Analysis

The purpose of this study is to identify the type of group classification through latent class analysis for domestic child abuse and to examine the characteristics of each group and various psychosocial factors. As a result of the analysis, domestic child abuser was classified into three sub-types: “personality problems and recidivism”, “improper parenting attitude”, and “complex causes and drinking”. Next, chi-square test was conducted to confirm the characteristics of the classified groups. The “personality problems and recidivism” had high rates of characteristic deficit, and recidivism, and the usual marital relationship was not good. In the “improper parenting attitude”, the motive of the crime was improper parenting attitude and skill, and the type to which the most abusers belonged. The “complex causes and drinking” was were found to be the most at-risk group, with accomplices, likely recidivism, and the possibility that the abuser experienced abuse. In this study, it is meaningful that groups were classified, including the characteristics of child abuser in the family and the context of child abuse crimes recognized by criminal justice agencies, and intervention measures were suggested accordingly.