Finkelhor, D., & Jones, L.2014-06-162014-06-162012Finkelhor, D., & Jones, L. (2012). Have sexual abuse and physical abuse declined since the 1990s? Crimes Against Children Research Center.http://employees.achservices.org/images/stories/documents/havesapadeclined.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1474This  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.  en-USdeclining rateschild sexual abuseArticle