Updated trends in child maltreatment, 2008

Date

2010

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Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Crimes Against Children Research Center.

Abstract

Recently released national child maltreatment data for 2008  show a generally encouraging situation during the first year of  the serious recession that began in late 2007.   Overall substan‐ tiated child maltreatment declined 3% from the previous year,  including a 6% decline in sexual abuse. Child maltreatment fa‐ talities stayed stable.

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Keywords

statistics, trends, child maltreatment

Citation

Jones, L. M., & Finkelhor, D. (2010). Updated trends in child maltreatment, 2008. Durhan, NH: Crimes Against Children Research Center.

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