These resources present statistics and data on the different types of abuse and neglect as well as the abuse and neglect of children with disabilities, abuse and neglect in out-of-home care, recurrence, and fatalities. Because time is needed to compile, analyze, and publish data, statistical publications often are released 2 or more years after the time period being analyzed. Information Gateway makes every effort to ensure the resources provided are the most current statistics available.

A 28-year-old West Babylon man was sentenced today to 50 years-to-life in prison following conviction of predatory sexual assault against a child, sexual abuse and other crimes. Juan T. Ramirez Jr., raped and sexually abused a female younger than eleven years old in May, 2010, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney office.

JOPLIN, Mo. —Author Dave Pelzer told the story of his horrific childhood of abuse in his best-selling book “A Child Called ‘It’: One Child’s Courage to Survive,” but he is in Joplin to tell the story of the city’s resilience after an EF5 tornado hit the city on May 22. Pelzer said he travels the country presenting information about child abuse and counseling survivors and educators. One of the things he’s doing in Joplin is working with foster families who have been traumatized by the tornado, but he’s also pitching in on the recovery effort. This week he is working with volunteers at College Heights Christian Church, passing out supplies.

SALISBURY — Wynita Evette Dale turned the hot water on and filled the tub inside the Booth Street town house apartment she shared with her mother. She was not preparing to bathe her child. The mother of three sons, 3-year-old twins and a 2-year-old, was planning to discipline him, according to police. Dale, 25, allegedly told investigators she filled the bathtub after her mother, Joanne Evette Gale, 44, instructed her to put one of the twins in hot bath water.He had a potty training accident.

(Reuters) – A Colorado mother who told police she was surfing Facebook when her 22-month-old daughter was struck and killed by a van was arrested on suspicion of child abuse, police said on Friday. Karen Pena, 30, was being held on a $50,000 bond in connection with the May 28 death of Laniece Fletcher, Detective Robert Friel of the Aurora, Colorado, police department said.

A couple has been charged with aggravated child abuse after their 21-month-old son died Wednesday at the hospital. Adrien Hickerson was taken to LeBonheur Children’s Hospital in extremely critical condition Tuesday and was diagnosed with abusive head trauma. He died the following day. Sabrina Hickerson told investigators she flew into a rage when the little boy became defiant.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police in Charlotte have charged two 11-year-olds with sexual exploitation of a minor after finding disturbing images on a cell phone.Police began investigating in April after getting a call from a mother who was concerned about the images she found on her 11-year-old daughter’s cell phone of her 5-year-old daughter and a 7-year-old boy engaged in sex acts.

LANCASTER, Calif. — A woman convicted of murdering her 18-month-old daughter and dumping her body near a freeway has been sentenced to 25-years to life in prison. Stacey Barker, 26, was convicted May 25 of one count of first degree murder, assault on a child and child abuse.

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A father whose negligence resulted in his 3 1/2-year-old daughter’s death from malnutrition and dehydration received the maximum sentence Wednesday in federal court in Las Cruces. Air Force Sgt. Derek Wulf has agreed not to appeal the verdict – a three-year prison sentence followed by a year of probation – during which he is not allowed to possess weapons and must complete mental health treatment.

A youth soccer coach being held in the Will County Jail on charges of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy is now facing additional charges of possessing child pornography. Darrell J. Stephenson, 24, of Crest Hill was charged Thursday with three counts of aggravated possession of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. Stephenson was a youth soccer coach in Frankfort, Plainfield and Joliet.

FOREST GROVE — A 61-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after witnesses told police that a man was abusing a young girl at Rogers Park. The suspect was a friend of the young girl’s family, according to Capt. Aaron R. Ashbaugh. Serafin V. Bernabe, 61, of Forest Grove was arrested for first-degree sexual abuse.

TUCSON–A man wanted in connection with a child sexual assault case was shot and killed in a confrontation with Tucson police downtown Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened outside the man’s apartment in the 400 block of South Stone Avenue near Kennedy Street. Detectives went to the man’s apartment to arrest him on charges of sexual assault of a child and child abuse, said Sgt. Diana Lopez, a Tucson police spokesman. The case, which involves an 8-year-old female victim, had been investigated for several months.