CUMBERLAND: 46% child abuse increase
On April - 29 - 2010
A 46 percent jump in child-abuse reports last month has Cumberland County officials worried that their depleted ranks of social workers won’t be able to protect vulnerable youths.
The county Department of Social Services received 427 reports of child abuse or neglect in March, up from 292 in February. The highest previous monthly total since last summer – 354 – came in December.
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---------------------------------------------By the time you finish reading this, 15 children will have been abused; In the next five minutes, 30 more; Within the next hour, 360 more; And by tonight, close to 8,000+ children will have suffered from abuse, 5 of which will die. Child abuse has increased 134% since 1980 and is now considered a worldwide epidemic. The high jump in child abuse deaths and the shocking increase in statistics highlights the frightening lack of public knowledge.
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