Category Archive for : ‘STATISTICS ON CHILD ABUSE’

Newsday/Laura Figueroa 4/22/14 Parents for Megan’s Law, a Suffolk nonprofit that provides support to sexual abuse victims,is teaming up with the county’s animal protection agency to train investigators on the frequentlink between animal cruelty and child and spousal abuse.  A batterer’s first target is oftenan animal living at home, Paula Ryder, senior advocate for Parents for Megan’s Law, told thegroup.  The second target is a spouse or a child.  Ryder cited a 1986 study publishedin the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry that said 62 percent of animal abuse offendershad

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According to the results of a new survey released today by its Office of Juvenile Justice andDelinquency Prevention, the Justice Department says up to 72% of violent crime against juveniles isnot reported to police.

The Journal of the American Medical Association reports that the number of young children killed by their parents or caregivers is underreported by nearly 60 percent.  The study is based on an analysis of North Carolina records but the results reflect the situation nationwide.  According to the Associated Press, caregivers commit 85 percent of the homicides of children 10 and under and strangers are the killers only 3 percent of the time.