| Q: |
How has the reporting of child maltreatment to protective service agencies changed since 1980? |
| A: |
In 1996 nearly 3 million children were the subjects in 2 million reports of child maltreatment--an increase of 161% since 1980. |
Number of child reports of maltreatment (in thousands), 1980-1996
| Year |
National
Study on
Child Neglect
and Abuse
Reporting |
Annual 50-
State Survey |
NCANDS |
|
| 1980 |
1,154 |
|
|
| 1981 |
1,225 |
|
|
| 1982 |
1,262 |
|
|
| 1983 |
1,477 |
|
|
| 1984 |
1,727 |
|
|
| 1985 |
1,928 |
1,919 |
|
| 1986 |
2,086 |
2,086 |
|
| 1987 |
2,178 |
2,157 |
|
| 1988 |
|
2,243 |
|
| 1989 |
|
2,411 |
|
| 1990 |
|
2,508 |
2,568 |
| 1991 |
|
2,694 |
2,695 |
| 1992 |
|
|
2,856 |
| 1993 |
|
|
2,935 |
| 1994 |
|
|
2,935 |
| 1995 |
|
|
2,959 |
| 1996 |
|
|
3,007 |
|
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Note: Child reports are counts of children who are the subject of reports. Counts are duplicated when an individual child is the subject of more than one report during a year.
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- The increasing trend in child maltreatment reports over the past decade is believed to be the result, at least in part, of a greater willingness to report suspected incidents. Greater public awareness both of child maltreatment as a social problem and the resources available to respond to it are factors that contribute to increased reporting.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02103.asp?qaDate=19990930.
Released on September 30, 1999. Adapted from Snyder, H. & Sickmund, M. Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report, p. 45. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999. Data Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children's Bureau. Child Maltreatment: Reports From the States to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System for the years 1992–1996. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System: Working Paper 2, 1991 Summary Data Component. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1993.
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