Updated trends in Child Maltreatment, 2011 - Full text

Chris Engel 8/15/137:46 PM

"National statistics from 2011 showed continuing small declines in child maltreatment from the previous year. Overall substantiated child maltreatment actually declined 2% from 2010 to

2011, including a 3% decline in sexual abuse and a 1% decline in physical abuse. Child maltreatment fatalities were largely unchanged, down 1% from 1538 to 1527...."

http://cola.unh.edu/sites/cola.unh.edu/files/research_publications/CV203.pdf

Finkelhor, D., Jones, L., & Shattuck, A. (2013). "Updated trends in Child Maltreatment, 2011." Durham, NH: Crimes against Children Research Center. Full text.

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Jane StevensPublisher, ACEsTooHigh; founder, PACEs Connection

According to economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, this may not be the case. He thinks child abuse has increased. Here's an article he did for the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/opinion/sunday/how-googling-unmasks-child-abuse.html

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