NEW YORK: Child Abuse and Homicide Cases Rising Sharply
On April - 16 - 2010
Ten children under the age of five have been murdered by a parent or guardian since January, a large increase over last year, said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly in a press conference Friday.
Ten children have been murdered by their parent or guardian since January
Kelly said the significant jump was a cause for concern by the police department.
“We are attempting to do anything we can to address this issue but it’s difficult to identify a specific cause,” he said. “But they seem to be all over the board as to why these terrible events have taken place.”
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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.
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