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Updated Trends In Child Maltreatment, 2013., David Finkelhor, Kei Saito, Lisa M. Jones
Updated Trends In Child Maltreatment, 2013., David Finkelhor, Kei Saito, Lisa M. Jones
Crimes Against Children Research Center
New national data for 2013 show continued declines in child maltreatment, after a one year discontinuity (2012) in which some rates briefly increased. But from 2012 to 2013, sexual abuse declined 4%, physical abuse declined 3%, child maltreatment fatalities declined 7% and overall substantiated child maltreatment declined 1%. Neglect by contrast rose 1%.