60% Increase of Reported Abuse
On November - 4 - 2015
Reported child sexual abuse has risen 60% in last four years
ENGLAND/WALES – There has been a 60% increase in child sexual abuse reported to the police over the past four years, according to official figures which make public for the first time the scale of the problem in England and Wales. A House of Commons library analysis based on freedom of information releases by individual forces shows that the number of offences of child sexual abuse reported to the police has soared from 5,557 cases in 2011 to 8,892 last year. Child sexual abuse includes grooming, facilitating abuse and child rape. READ MORE HERE
UNITED STATES STATISTICS:
Statistics on child abuse | NSPCC
Child abuse and neglect – World Health Organization
The national incidence study of child abuse and neglect
National Council On Child Abuse And Family Violence
By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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