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Article #130: The Latest Child Abuse Statistics

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There are several agencies in the country cases where the abuse occurs over time.
reporting child abuse statistics. These Having a counselor or trusted person at
organizations are trying to track trends school to talk to would increase the
and find out ways to stop child abuse chances that the child will tell his or
wherever possible. Child abuse her "secrets" to someone who can do
statistics are used to determine where something about it.
and to whom social resources should be Child abuse statistics state that child
directed. abuse crosses ethnic, socioeconomic and
For example, child abuse statistics state religious lines. No group of people is
that four children in the US die every exempt from child abuse. This may mean
day as a result of child abuse. Three that religious figures must be aware of
out of four were under the age of four. the possibility that someone in their
This number has been steadily rising over congregation is having problems
the years. This all means that there may associated with abuse of their children.
need to be more resources like crisis Emergency room doctors must be just as
nurseries for parents of children who are suspicious of a child of a well to do
under the age of four. There may need to family having a broken bone as they do a
be more education on abuse when the child of poor parents.
parents take the baby home as so many Child abuse statistics affect adult as
young children are affected. Many well. Up to 37% of female prison inmates
experts feel like the rise in statistics and 14% of male prison inmates were once
is because of an increase in the victims of child abuse. These rates are
population and an increase in reporting higher than the average population and it
these cases. may indicate that child abuse promotes
Child abuse statistics also indicate that later illegal activity in adulthood.
a report of child abuse is made every ten Child abuse statistics state that
seconds. Perhaps there should be more children of sexual abuse are more than
call-in facilities for desperate parents twice as likely that average to abuse
who need relief from issues related to alcohol. They are also more than 3.8
abusing their children. Such call-in times likely to abuse drugs. In may mean
centers could be anonymous and could that drug and alcohol abuse centers may
offer crisis counseling for parents who need to deal with child sexual abuse
just don't know where to turn. issues before the person can really
Somewhat surprising child abuse recover from their addiction issues.
statistics state that children under the Child abuse statistics inform us that a
age of twelve years who are raped have third of all abuse victims go on to abuse
perpetrators they know up to 90 percent their own children. The cycle of abuse
of the time. Education for children can can only be stopped if people recover
help give them the resources they need to from their own issues before they have
tell someone about the abuse, especially their own children.






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