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Military families in the U.S. have a unique set of risk factors that can contribute to family violence. For example, the regular relocation of military families stresses relationships and forces families to build new relationships every few years (Milner, 2015). The complex set of risk factors that military families experience are important for forensic psychologists to understand, especially since military families often seek support from civilian resources (Cozza et al., 2018).

Military families often report higher rates of mental and physical wellbeing than the civilian population (Sullivan et al., 2023). However, some factors that place military families at increased risk of child maltreatment include: premature birth, health problems, younger parents, and parental substance use (Sullivan et al., 2023; Cozza et al., 2018). Among the military branches, army families are at a greater risk for child maltreatment compared to navy and air force families (Sullivan et al., 2023). When the service member is deployed, military families are at an increased risk of child neglect (Cozza et al., 2018). A response to this statement with references