Child Maltreatment
"Child Maltreatment is behavior toward a child that is outside the
norms of conduct and entails substantial risk of causing physical or
emotional harm. Four types of maltreatment are generally recognized:
physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse (psychologic abuse), and
neglect."
Child Maltreatment Statistics and Facts
Girls were victimized slightly more often than boys at 51.2%
Parents were responsible for more than 80% of child abuse and neglect
cases
Child abuse reports involved 7.8 million children
411,969 victims (60.8%) are neglected
72,814 victims (10.7%) are physically abused
47,124 victims (7%) are sexually abuse
15,605 victims (2.3%) are psychologically maltreated
Highest rate of child abuse in children under age one (26.7 per 1,000)
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