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The problem is large and is increasing. Saying anything beyond that seems meaningless. Every attempt to measure incidence to date has been flawed. The estimates range from less than 5 percent to more than 40 percent of all children. The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), part of the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services compiles data about the number of cases reported to Child Protective Services (CPS) each year, but the fact is the number of reported cases is small compared with the number of actual cases. We can reason this by looking at several studies which asked adults about childhood abuse. Adults are more likely to report their own childhood abuse because they no longer live in fear of immediate retaliation from the abuser and they have had time to recover from the psychological effects of living in an abusive household. A study conducted at a large managed care organization in the northeast, which examined the differences in annual health care costs betwe...

Most abusers are members of the victim's family, either a caretaker or parent or a close relative. This includes physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and child neglect.1,2,10,27 90% of confirmed physical abuse and neglect cases involve caretakers of children.10 Contrary to common belief, males and females perpetrate abuse against their own children at surprisingly similar rates. "Among all abused children, those abused by their birth parents were about equally likely to have been abused by mothers as by fathers (50% and 58%, respectively), but those abused by other parents, parent-substitutes, or other, nonparental perpetrators were much more likely to be abused by males (80 to 90% by males versus 14 to 15% by females). Children who had been physically abused by their birth parents were more likely to have suffered at the hands of their mothers than their fathers (60% versus 48%), while those who had been physically abused by other parents or parent- substitutes were much mor...

'King of Pop' Killed By Drug Overdose By Charles Montaldo, About.com Guide On June 25, 2009, less than a month before he was scheduled to begin a series of comeback concerts, paramedics were called to Michael Jackson's rented home in Holby Hills near Los Angeles where they found him unconscious and not responding. They were unable to revive the "King of Pop," and Jackson was pronounced dead at the L.A. Medical Center After excusing more than half of the 340 prospective jurors who showed up last week for the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Judge Michael Pastor has ordered another pool of jurors called. The jurors were dismissed because they said the expected length of the trial would impose a hardship. A trial for the doctor accused in pop singer Michael Jackson's death could begin within 60 days after his attorneys told the judge in the case they would be ready to go within the statutory time limit for a speedy trial. Dr. Conrad Murray entered a guilty plea...