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A reply to Gelles: Stepchildrenare disproportionately abused, and diverse forms of violencecan share causal factors

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Daly, M., Wilson, M. A reply to Gelles: Stepchildrenare disproportionately abused, and diverse forms of violencecan share causal factors. Human Nature 2, 419–426 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02692199

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