Have sexual abuse and physical abuse declined since the 1990s?
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2012
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Crimes Against Children Research Center
Abstract
This bulletin summarizes statistics on trends for sexual and
physical abuse. A decline in sexual abuse since the early 1990s is
a conclusion supported by 3 independent sources of agency data
and 4 separate large victim surveys. The trend for physical abuse
is less clear, since several of the data sources show conflicting
patterns.
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declining rates, child sexual abuse
Citation
Finkelhor, D., & Jones, L. (2012). Have sexual abuse and physical abuse declined since the 1990s? Crimes Against Children Research Center.