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During the state's first year banning the procedure, data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission showed six children aged 11 or younger, two children aged 12-13 and nearly 30 children ...
Three educators at a charter school in Arlington, Texas are now facing felony charges stemming from alleged child grooming and an improper relationship with at least two students.. On Thursday ...
The Department of Justice found that Texas’ youth lockups remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and keeping children isolated in cells for most of the time (Google Maps)
Nationwide, there was a 2348% increase in hotline calls from 150,000 in 1963 to 3.3 million in 2009. [7] In 2011, there were 3.4 million calls. [8] From 1992 to 2009 in the US, substantiated cases of sexual abuse declined 62%, physical abuse decreased 56% and neglect 10%.
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
In many instances, the perpetrating child has been exposed to pornography or repeatedly witnessed sexual activity of adults at a very young age, and this can also be considered a form of child sexual abuse. [8] In many cases, a child or adolescent may have no intent to cause any harm to another child, and they act merely on a passing impulse ...
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...
Jenna's Law (Texas: Tex. Educ. Code § 38.0041; 2009 HB 1041; 2009 Tex. Gen. Laws, Chap. 1115) [1] is a Texas law which mandates that all public schools, charter schools, and day care facilities train school aged children K-12, staff, and parents on the signs and symptoms of all forms of child abuse. It is the first child sexual abuse ...