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Report Abuse
In the state of NJ, every citizen, regardless of occupation, is a mandatory reporter of child abuse and/or neglect. If you suspect someone is being abused or neglected, please call the state child welfare hotline at 1-877-NJ-ABUSE (1-877-652-2873)
10 Facts About Child Abuse
- Every day, about four children die in the U.S. because of abuse or neglect, most of them babies or toddlers.
- For every incident of child abuse or neglect that gets reported, it’s estimated that two others go unreported.
- Neglect is by far the most common form of child abuse, accounting for more than 60% of all cases.
- Physical abuse accounts for between 15% and 20% of documented child abuse cases each year.
- A third of all girls and a fifth of boys are sexually abused by an adult during childhood.
- 8 out of 10 sexual abusers are someone in the family or someone the child knows.
- About 10% of babies are born to drug-using mothers.
- Of kids who have a parent who uses drugs, one in 13 is physically abused regularly.
- Abused children are more likely to abuse alcohol and become addicted to drugs, and one third will later abuse their own children.
- Of all prison inmates, 84% were abused as children.
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