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Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_abuse

(add to the beginning of the article as like an eye-catcher to prove that it is an issue) Child help.org - Every 10 seconds a report is made about a case of child abuse. - Every year more than 3.6 million referrals are made to child protective service agencies. - 80% of victims of child of child abuse have been diagnosed with a mental disorder by the age of 21

Update Statistics to more recent (2016) https://americanspcc.org/child-abuse-statistics/ Updated each of these under the correct categories - Child abuse reports involved 7.4 million children. - 3.5 million children received prevention & post-response services. - 143,866 children received foster care services. - 74.8% of victims are neglected. - 18.2% of victims are physically abused. - 8.5% of victims are sexually abused. - 6.9% of victims are psychologically maltreated. - Highest rate of child abuse in children under age one (24.8% per 1,000). - Over one-quarter (28.5%) of victims are younger than 3 years. - Annual estimate: 1,750 children died from abuse and neglect in 2016.

Sexual abuse of children definition update: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse - Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child (whether by asking or pressuring, or by other means), indecent exposure (of the genitals, female nipples, etc.), child grooming, or using a child to produce child pornography.

Sexual Abuse updated statistics: www.d2l.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Statistics_1_Magnitude.pdf -Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults(including assaults on adults) occur to children aged 17 and under. - About one in 10 children will be sexually abused before their 18th birthday. - About one in seven girls and one in 25 boys with be sexually abused before they turn 18.

Treatment Updates: - Add links of treatment places available: - https://www.rainn.org/about-national-sexual-assault-telephone-hotline - https://ncadv.org/resources