Florida’s Deadly Toll Of Abuse
On March - 1 - 2011
The annual report compiled by the Florida Child Abuse Death Review Committee is always grim reading. But the information is important. The committee’s scope does not include all child fatalities in Florida — just those reported to the state abuse hotline and verified as maltreatment, including neglect and abuse. Nearly 200 cases met those parameters in 2009 (the latest available figures).
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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.
Educate Yourself -- Learn the Facts
It May Just Save a Child's Life!!
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