America's Child Abuse Problem the worst record in the industrialized world (from Child Help)
KARA reportingMike TikkanenMarch 7, 2013
Republished from the Kids at Risk Action archive as written. No images from the original corpus appear in any form.
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From the Child Help Website Each year; 3.3 million reports of child abuse involving 6 million children (the worst record in the industrialized world
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A report of child abuse is made every ten seconds
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*More than five children die every day as a result of child abuse.
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Approximately 80% of children that die from abuse are under the age of 4.
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It is estimated that between 50-60% of child fatalities due to maltreatment are **not recorded as such on death certificates. **
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More than 90% of juvenile sexual abuse victims know their perpetrator in some way.
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Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.
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About 30% of abused and neglected children **will later abuse their own children, **continuing the horrible cycle of abuse.
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About 80% of 21 year olds that were abused as children met criteria for **at least one psychological disorder. **
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- Abused children are** 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy.**
- Abused teens are **less likely **to practice safe sex, putting them at greater risk for STDs.
- One-third to two-thirds of child maltreatment cases involve substance use to some degree.
- Children whose parents abuse alcohol and other drugs are three times more likely to be abused and more than four times more likely to be neglected than children from non-abusing families.
- As many as** two-thirds of the people in treatment for drug abuse** reported being abused or neglected as children.
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