In the United States child maltreatment fatalities (CMFs) do not usually meet the standard for manslaughter or murder, resulting in convictions of lesser crimes and little jail time. This exploratory study examined the charges brought against suspected CMF perpetrators in 2017. Univariate and bivariate analyses were conducted using data obtained from the Nexis Uni newspaper database, that has over 40,000 high quality media sources, for the year 2017. We found that the most frequently used charges were endangering the welfare of a child and murder, the former of which was more related to neglect-deaths and the latter to physical abuse-deaths. There was no difference between charges for male and female perpetrators. Practical implications for research, policy, and practice are discussed.

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对致命儿童虐待起诉的探索性研究：2017 年美国对推定犯罪者提起的刑事指控。

在美国，虐待儿童死亡人数 (CMF) 通常不符合过失杀人或谋杀的标准，导致被定罪的罪行较轻且入狱时间较短。这项探索性研究调查了 2017 年对涉嫌 CMF 肇事者的指控。使用从 Nexis Uni 报纸数据库中获得的数据进行了单变量和双变量分析，该数据库拥有 40,000 多个高质量的媒体资源，在 2017 年。我们发现最常见的使用的指控危害儿童的福利和谋杀，前者与忽视死亡有关，后者与身体虐待死亡有关。对男性和女性肇事者的指控没有区别。讨论了对研究、政策和实践的实际影响。