STOP the ABUSE

Tragedies of Child Abuse

CIS 1020Destiny DeYoung

An Epidemic

• Dangerous• Deadly• Dramatic Increase

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The Facts

Number of deaths dues to child abuse and neglect.

Recorded

Year Per day Per week

Per year

2000 3.72 26.04 1357.8

2005 4 28 1460.0

2010 5 35 1825.0

• Recorded• Non-recorded• Actual Total

Number of deaths dues to child abuse and neglect.

Non-Recorded

Year Per day Per week

Per year

2000 1.86 13.02 678.9

2005 2 14 730

2010 2.5 17.5 912.5

Number of deaths dues to child abuse and neglect.

Totaled

Year Per day Per week

Per year

2000 5.56 39.06 2036.7

2005 6 42 2190

2010 7.5 52.5 2737.5

Classifications

Abuse-• Physical, sexual,

psychological maltreatment or neglect of a person.

Physical Abuse-

Sexual Abuse-

Psychological Abuse-

Neglect-

• Act of aggression that results in bodily injury

• Any type of inappropriate treatment for sexual stimulation is defined as sexual abuse

• Complex and ranges from name-calling to humiliation. Mostly any type of emotional maltreatment.

• Perpetrator is providing inadequate care for a child.

Assistance/Support

• Awareness• Assumptions• Answers

STOP the

ABUSE