New_Stats t1_iyeah0n wrote
The state with the lowest rate of child abuse cases is Pennsylvania, with a rate of 174.8 cases for every 100,000 people under the age of 18 in the state. Pennsylvania has 2.62 million people under the age of 18, and less than 5,000 cases of child abuse have been reported over each of the past four years, with the number of victims decreasing 5.2% in 2020.
New Jersey was a close second, with a low rate of 188.9 child abuse cases per 100,000 children in the state. New Jersey was also found to have the biggest decrease in the number of child abuse cases, with a 55.8% reduction in the number of victims between 2019 and 2020.
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They don't say why, which is concerning. Did child abuse go down or did we stop reporting it as much? If it's the former then that's great. If it's the later then we have a big fucking problem that needs to be fixed ASAP
whskid2005 t1_iyedrmd wrote
My guess would be kids weren’t in school. Schools have a lot of mandatory reporters.
ardent_wolf t1_iyee2fc wrote
The key word is “cases.” We have less child abuse cases.
_TommySalami t1_iyeecpt wrote
They have been under federal control for 20 years and are just about to be released on their own recognizance after letting so many kids starve to death.
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