About Child Abuse
In New York State in 2005, 75 children are known to have died as a result of child abuse and neglect. This is a fatality rate of 1.64 per 100,000 children.[1]
In 2006 the NYS Central Registry of Child Abuse and Maltreatment received 158,855 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Upon investigation 51,449 (32%) of reports were substantiated as situations of child abuse and neglect. Also in 2006, 91.5% of child victims in New York were neglected and 10.6% were physically abused. [2]
Nationwide in 2006, 3% of children aged 0-3 years old, 8.2% of children aged 4-7 years old, 10.7% of children aged 8-11, 16.5% of children aged 12-15, and 16.1% of children 16 and over were found to be victims of sexual abuse.[3]
The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect is $103.8 billion. [4]
In 2006 the NYS Central Registry of Child Abuse and Maltreatment received 158,855 reports of suspected child abuse or neglect. Upon investigation 51,449 (32%) of reports were substantiated as situations of child abuse and neglect. Also in 2006, 91.5% of child victims in New York were neglected and 10.6% were physically abused. [2]
Nationwide in 2006, 3% of children aged 0-3 years old, 8.2% of children aged 4-7 years old, 10.7% of children aged 8-11, 16.5% of children aged 12-15, and 16.1% of children 16 and over were found to be victims of sexual abuse.[3]
The estimated annual cost of child abuse and neglect is $103.8 billion. [4]
More Resources:
ChildHelp
This website has statistics released in April 2005 from the US Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration for Children and Families. Information in this report present data on the following topics: fatalities related to child abuse and neglect, infant homicide, reporting of abuse, types of abuse and abusers, potential effects of abuse, sexual assault of children, and influence of substance abuse.
Website: http://www.childhelp.org/resources/learning-center/statistics
Child Maltreatment 2006
This website of the US Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families contains a summary of key findings gathered from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS.) Statistics include topics on investigations of child abuse and neglect, victims of maltreatment, perpetrators, fatalities, and services provided for victims.
Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/index.htm
Childstats.gov
This is the official website of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. The Forum fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of Federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families. This site offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Website: http://www.childstats.gov
Current Trends in Child Abuse Prevention and Fatalities: The 2000 Fifty State Survey
The National Center on Child Abuse Prevention Research, a program of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) has been collecting detailed information from all 50 states and the District of Columbia on the number and characteristics of child abuse reports, the number of child abuse fatalities, and changes in the funding and scope of child welfare services since 1986. This report represents the current available estimates of the number of child abuse fatalities nationwide for 2000. A user ID and password is required to view this data, but registration is free.
Website: http://www.pcao.org/resources/pdfs/2000_50_survey.pdf
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Since 1984, NCMEC has helped prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation as well as provided assistance to victims’ families and the professionals who serve them. It also helps to find missing children and serves as a clearinghouse of information regarding missing and exploited children.
Website: http://www.missingkids.com
National Center for Victims of Crime
This website presents nationwide statistics on child victimization and teen victimization current through 2004. Its statistics on child victimization include demographical statistics on the child victims of maltreatment and neglect, and perpetrators. Its teen victimization statistics include demographical statistics on teen victims of rape and sexual assault.
Website: http://www.ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Statistics584
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
This site can be used as a resource to search for national statistics related to child abuse as reported to the US Department of Justice.
Website: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/AlphaList.aspx
National Criminal Offenders Statistics
This site from the Bureau of Justice Statistics as provided by the US Department of Justice offers summary findings, selected statistics, as well as publications for the following information: recidivism, sex offenders, child victimizers, intimate victimizers, use of alcohol by convicted offenders, and women offenders.
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm#data
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN)
A resource since 1988, NDACAN promotes scholarly exchange among researchers in the child maltreatment field. NDACAN acquires micro data from leading researchers and national data collection efforts and makes these datasheets available to the research community for secondary analysis.
Website: http://www.ndacan.cornell.edu/index.html
Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics
This is a report containing statistics pertaining to sexual assaults of children. Statistics for this report were generated from the files of the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS.) Written July 2000 by Dr. Howard N. Snyder of the National Center for Juvenile Justice.
Website: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/saycrle.pdf
University of New Hampshire: Crimes Against Children Research Center
This website contains facts and statistics about crimes against children compiled from a variety of sources by researchers of the University of New Hampshire. Specifically, it contains information related to: overall crime victimization of juveniles, homicide, sexual assault, non-family abduction, assault, robbery and theft, child maltreatment, child physical / sexual abuse, child neglect, family abduction, exposure to domestic violence, school assaults, and hate crimes.
Website: http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/statistics/index.html
[1] About Child Abuse. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from Prevent Child Abuse New York website: http://preventchildabuseny.org/canfacts.shtml/
[2] Chapter 4: Fatalities, Child Maltreatment 2006, as cited in Administration for Children & Families website. Retrieved November 14, 2008: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/cm06.pdf
[3] Tables: Child Maltreatment 2006, as cited in Administration for Children & Families website. Retrieved December 1, 2008: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/cm06.pdf
[4] Wang, C. T. & Holton, J. (2007). Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States. Prevent Child Abuse America.