Are female child abuse and domestic violence rare? Unfortunately not. According to the US Department of Justice, 70% of confirmed cases of child abuse and 65% of parental murders of children are committed by mothers. http://www.glennsacks.com/california_mothers_murders.htm (2-8-09)

Thus Xavier Caro was trapped--not just by his violent wife, but by a society that refuses to acknowledge what voluminous research and simple common sense shows--domestic violence is not a male affliction but a human one. http://www.glennsacks.com/california_mothers_murders.htm (2-8-09)

“Holycross was well-known to CPS, first in Yolo County and then in Sacramento. She had been on welfare and struggled with drug addiction but, after six months of monitoring her, Sacramento County closed the case in November 1995 when the agency determined the risk to be "moderate," according to Bee news accounts. The boy died two months later.
http://www.sacbee.com/502/story/1029363.html