Kelsey Shelton Briggs
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*Child Abuse Facts**An estimated 906,000 children are victims of abuse & neglect every year. The rate of victimization is 12.3 children per 1,000 children. *Children ages 0-3 are the most likely to experience abuse. They are victimized at a rate of 16.4 per 1,000. *1,500 children die every year from child abuse and neglect. That is just over 4 fatalities every day. *79% of the children killed are younger than 4. *80% of young adults who had been abused met the diagnostic criteria for at least 1 psychiatric disorder at the age of 21 (including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, & post-traumatic stress disorder). *Abused children are 25% more likely to experience teen pregnancy. *Children who experience child abuse & neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult, and 30% more likely to commit violent crime. *14.4% of all men in prison in the United States were abused as children and 36.7% of all women in prison were abused as children. *Children who have been sexually abused are 2.5 times more likely develop alcohol abuse. *Children who have been sexually abused are 3.8 times more likely develop drug addictions. *Nearly 2/3’s of the people in treatment for drug abuse reported being abused as children. *1/3 of abused and neglected children will eventually victimize their own children.
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