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Again, that statistic isn't really surprising, if you consider some of the interim causes involved here. I don't know about other countries, but here the state encourages families to adopt children by offering monetary incentives. It's more than possible that some of these families adopt the children, at least partially because of financial reasons and not out of true commitment. What's more, adopted children, especially those adopted at an older age (though not only), maybe more likely to have behavioral problems (no fault of theirs perhaps, given the poor start in life), hence bring about a less favorable treatment from the adopting parents. Just thoughts here, not saying this is the case, only that you need to treat researches with a grain of salt and look at them in a critical way.
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tigermom, Are you familiar with evolutionary psychology? or cognitive science? It is difficult to entertain your comments seriously if you are unfamiliar with the topic being discussed. I realize that many have been given a short stick;I had some really rough times in the past, so what. Does that mean I have a right to commit crimes and put my fellow citizenry in fear because I "had a rough start"?I moved on with my life and tried to better myself, that is what others should do as well.
I treat alot of researchers with that grain of salt you speak of, but when there are mountains of evidence in their favor I am reluctant to disagree with the findings.I could point you to a few of the sources of my information, here are two for your review
http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homep...blications.htm
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Baysiean statistics are a favorite of mine due to their inherent ability to gather accurate data sets based on vague information like fuzzy logic. That is what I use to determine what researchers are worth listening to, I can wade through the rivers of bullshit in science while attempting to find the gold nuggets that exist for the determined.