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A new CCRC report highlights the most recent trend data for child maltreatment. Recently released national child maltreatment data for 2008 continue to show declining rates, an encouraging finding given the first year of the serious recession began in 2007. Overall substantiated child maltreatment declined 3% from 2007 to 2008, including a 6% decline in sexual abuse. Child maltreatment fatalities stayed stable.
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Trends in Childhood Violence and Abuse Exposure
A new national study conducted by CCRC researchers shows that bullying, sexual assault, and other violence against children declined substantially between 2003 and 2008.
The percentage of children reporting physical bullying in the past year declined from 22% to 15%, while the percentage reporting a sexual assault went from 3.3% to 2%.
The study did not find declines in physical abuse or neglect by caregivers, but did find a decline in psychological abuse. Robbery was one of the few offenses that increased in frequency.
The findings were based on analysis of two nationally representative samples of children ages 2 to 17, from two similar studies conducted five years apart, the Developmental Victimization Study and the National Survey of Violence against Chldren, both funded by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Results of this study are published in the current issue of the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
- Read the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine article
- Read the UNH Press Release
- Contact the Researchers
Related Content
- More information on Online Harassment and Cyberbullying
- CCRC's Developmental Victimization Survey Page
SAVE THE DATE
The next International Family Violence Research Conference will be held in Portsmouth, NH, July 11-13, 2010. For more details please read this announcement.
