Report on Child Abuse and Neglect and Domestic Abuse in the Military for Fiscal Year 2020
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2021
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U. S. Department of Defense
Abstract
This report provides the child abuse and domestic abuse incident data from the FAP
Central Registry for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, as required by section 574 of the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2017 (Public Law 114-328), as amended. In addition to
meeting the Congressional requirement, this report provides critical information on the
circumstances of these incidents to further inform ongoing prevention and response efforts.
Using aggregated FAP Central Registry data submitted from each Military Service (Army, Navy,
Marine Corps, and Air Force)1
, this report offers a Department of Defense (DoD)-wide
description of the child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse incidents that were reported to
FAP in FY 2020.
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military families, child abuse, interpersonal violence, statistics, child maltreatment
Citation
U. S. Department of Defense. (2021). Report on Child Abuse and Neglect and Domestic Abuse in the Military for Fiscal Year 2020. Washington, DC: Author.