Sentences with phrase «average child abuse»

Families in the comparison group lived in an area with higher - than - state - average child abuse notifications and Family Crisis Program benefits — although not quite as high as the intervention regions.

Not exact matches

So, until you are willing to condemn the child's family members, his or her teachers, and his or her sports coaches, get off the soapbox and stop pretending that clergy members are somehow more likely than average to abuse kids.

MORMONS WO N'T TELL YOU that the state of Utah, which is predominately Mormon, has a higher than the national average of wife - beating, child abuse, and teenage suicide.

Personally, I don't put these people in any lower esteem than the average religious child abusing brain - washer.

«The average age of a client that we serve who was sexually abused as a child is 42,» Bromson said.

Meanwhile, Catholic bishops have spent on average $ 300,000 a year lobbying lawmakers in New York on a variety of topics, including against passage of the Child Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegatChild Victims Act, which would change the statute of limitations on civil and criminal cases of child sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegatchild sexual abuse and allow victims a one - year window to sue over potentially decades - old allegations.

«The average age of client that we serve who is sexually abused as a child is 42,» Bromson said.

Child sexual abuse in the United States is costly, with an average lifetime cost of $ 1.1 million per death of female victims and $ 1.5 million per death of male victims, according to a new study.

Children suspected of having been physically abused were much younger than those with unintentional injuries: three out of four were under the age of 1, with an average age of 4 months.

Of the survey respondents, representing 44 states and the District of Columbia, 29 said reports of child abuse and neglect had risen, by an average of 9 percent.

Parents have reason to be uncomfortable with the idea of their children being handed anything with unrestricted internet access, teachers have plenty of reason to wonder if that same internet access would be abused during school hours while also having doubts that it would be possible to ensure uniform content across entire classes, and the issue of potential theft is an ever - present concern in as poorly funded an organization as your average public school.

Key findings from the recent child sexual abuse royal commission include: abuse mostly occurred in religious institutions (58 %), most victims were male (64 %), most of those perpetrating the abuse were male (94 %), the average age of the victims is now 53 years.

In the only physical child abuse prevention intervention with documented long term efficacy, the nurse home visitation programme (NHVP) reduced child abuse over a 15 year period using an intervention that consisted, on average, of only 32 visits.1

However, for both child abuse and parent stress, the average effect sizes were not different from zero, suggesting a lack of evidence for effects in these areas.108 Earlier meta - analytic reviews have also noted the lack of sizable effects in preventing child maltreatment — again citing the different intensity of surveillance of families in the treatment versus control groups as an explanation (though the authors did report that home visiting was associated with an approximately 25 percent reduction in the rate of childhood injuries).109 Another review focusing on the quality of the home environment also found evidence for a significant overall effect of home - visiting programs.110 More recently, Harriet MacMillan and colleagues published a review of interventions to prevent child maltreatment, and identified the Nurse - Family Partnership and Early Start programs as the most effective with regard to preventing maltreatment and childhood injuries.

«Children who live with their biological fathers are, on average, at least two to three times more likely not to be poor, less likely to use drugs, less likely to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, less likely to be victims of child abuse, and less likely to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live without their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.»

Examination of the state database showed that 6.8 % of the children were re-referred for alleged abuse and neglect in comparison with a statewide average of 8.1 %.

Using data collected to evaluate the Hawaii Healthy Start Program (same as Healthy Families America), the study estimated over two 3 - year intervals (during program implementation and over long - term follow - up) whether home visitation beginning after the birth of a child was associated with changes in (1) average rates of mothers» IPV victimization and perpetration and (2) rates of specific IPV types (physical assault, verbal abuse, sexual assault, and injury).

The state ranks higher than the national average for children living with a caregiver who has mental illness or substance abuse in addition to divorce / separation and violence in the home.