I'm NOT the one pointing fingers!! Just pointing out that child abuse is a SOCIETAL problem. No city, no town, no campus is immune to it.
We know it happened at Penn State. We regret the events that took place. But what sickens me just as much is the herd of people who continue to condemn
anyone associate with Penn State and pretend they live in a Utopian society.
Child abuse cases on rise in Pa. The 35 counties where it's most rampant
By Nick Falsone | For lehighvalleylive.com | Posted October 24, 2018 at 07:05 AM
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Both reports of child abuse and substantiated cases of child abuse have risen every year since 2013 in Pennsylvania, a Pennsylvania Department of Human Services shows.
The department's annual Child Protective Services Report for 2017 offers the most recent, comprehensive data available on child abuse in the state.
The increases in reports and substantiated cases aren't necessarily indicative of a societal change in the care of children statewide.
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The reason
"Amendments to the Child Protective Services Law, effective in December 2014, continue to drive increases in reports of child abuse," the report states. "These amendments increased the number of mandated reporters of child abuse and added additional persons who could be identified as perpetrators of child abuse."
Still, even after the law went into effect, there has continued to be an uptick each year in reports and substantiated cases of child abuse.
Report's key findings
Among the Child Protective Services Report's key findings
Statewide substantiated reports of child abuse increased from 1.6 per thousand children in 2016 to 1.8 per thousand children in 2017.
Sexual abuse remains the leading category of abuse, followed by physical abuse.
Parents continue to be the persons most responsible for abuse of their children.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services