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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 criteria for reporting vary significantly based on jurisdiction. [11] Typically, mandatory reporting applies to people who have reason to suspect the abuse or neglect of a child, but it can also apply to people who suspect abuse or neglect of a dependent adult or the elderly, [12] or to any members of society (sometimes called Universal Mandatory Reporting [UMR]).
After Pennsylvania strengthened its mandatory reporting laws to prevent child abuse, a flood of unfounded reports followed, affecting poor families the most. The Penn State abuse scandal sparked ...
On February 5, 1980, PCAR joined with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence to present a Legislative Education Day at the Pennsylvania State Capitol to increase understanding about House Bills 744 and 745, which proposed the creation of The Office on Crime Victims to improve investigation and prosecution of domestic abuse and ...
The key federal legislation addressing child abuse and neglect is the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), originally enacted in 1974 (Public Law 93-247). It was amended several times and was most recently amended and reauthorized by the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016.
Prosecutors made public Monday the arrest of four men as part of an investigation into child sexual exploitation in Centre County, a probe months in the making.
Wagner is accused of failing to comply with mandatory child abuse reporting requirements under state law and having "consciously disregarded the fact that the violation created a risk of the ...
Child sexual abuse has been recognized specifically as a type of child maltreatment in U.S. federal law since the initial Congressional hearings on child abuse in 1973. [1] Child sexual abuse is illegal in every state, [2] as well as under federal law. [3] Among the states, the specifics of child sexual abuse laws vary, but certain features of ...