Murray Straus and Richard Gelles compared the rate of physical abuse of children from a 1975 study with the rates from a 1985 replication. They found that the rate from the 1985 study was

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Murray Straus and Richard Gelles found that the rate of physical abuse of children in their 1985 study was 47 percent lower than the rates they found in their 1975 study. This significant decrease suggests improvements in societal attitudes and possibly the effectiveness of interventions aimed at reducing child abuse over that decade.

Murray Straus and Richard Gelles Compared the Rate of Physical