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Peer reviewedLewit, Eugene M. – Future of Children, 1994
Examines sources of national data on child abuse, the number of cases reported, and recent trends. The author addresses the issues of substantiation rates and the various categories of abuse, then provides brief examinations of the characteristics of the victims of abuse and of child fatalities related to maltreatment. (GLR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Data Collection, Databases
