2013-09-192013-09-192010http://hdl.handle.net/11212/285http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/pdf/CV203_Updated%20Trends%20in%20Child%20Maltreatment%202008_8-6-10.pdfRecently 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 substantiated child maltreatment declined 3% from the previous year, including a 6% decline in sexual abuse. Child maltreatment fatalities stayed stable. The data in the tables and graphs were derived from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), which aggregates and publishes statistics from state child protection agencies. The most recent data from NCANDS were released in April, 2010, and concern cases of child maltreatment investigated in 2008 (USDHHS, 2010). (See http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm08/index.htm for more informationpdfChild maltreatmentResearchStatisticsText