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Article: Child Sexual Abuse Cases Fall 31 Percent Over Six Years
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 24, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- After a 15-year increase,
substantiated child sexual abuse cases in the United States dropped
31 percent from 1992 to 1998, according to a new report from the
Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP). Most states -- 36 out of the 47 reporting --
showed declines of at least 30 percent.
"These new data are quite remarkable," said OJJDP Acting
Administrator John J. Wilson. "The challenge now is to increase our
understanding of why these cases are declining and to use this
information to better prevent and respond to child sexual abuse."
The drop in child sexual abuse cases was much greater than the
decline in ...