Statistics & Data About America's Abused Children
This page is for those of you who know the value of data and the importance of tracking information about the issues of child abuse. KARA will work to update it regularly and we encourage you the reader to send compelling statistical information in this area. KARA will publish it if it fits – especially welcome are those of you with new information from your masters or PHD programs in this field.
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1 in 3 children investigated for abuse by the time they are 18
5 million children with a parent in jail
1000’s of child abuse newspaper articles monthly report
1/3 of America’s foster children medicated with Prozac like drugs
½ of the 20,000,000 annual new cases of sexually transmitted infections are youth 15 – 24
More Americans Killed by Toddlers With Guns Than Terrorists (Feb 2016)
American Children 9 times more likely to die in gun accidents than anywhere else in the world
2 year olds with guns in Iowa (now legal?) States & gun laws
300 million guns & 1000’s of gun deaths – 20 * more gun deaths than the rest of the industrialized world
12 million children reported to child protection each year
Toddlers shooting people every week in America
Free child care, college and health care for children less expensive than free prisons
The economics of paid parental leave
America’s preschool expulsion rates
America’s schools vs. rest of the world
U.S. kids start school later than other g-20 countries
Education vs. Prison in America
U.S. schools failing in math (35 other nations)
How Many Kids in prison (a growing problem)
Republished from the Kids At Risk Action blog as written. No images from the original corpus appear in any form.
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