RE: Child sexual abuse incidence

["Brodowski, Melissa (ACF)" <MBrodowski@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can visit the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
Information for links to various national data sources on child abuse and
neglect.  There is data available regarding children reported for sexual
abuse from the Summary of Key Findings from the National Child Abuse and
Neglect Data System (NCANDS) from 2000.  
http://www.calib.com/nccanch/stats/index.cfm

The site also has a wealth of other resource information on the topic. Hope
this is helpful to you.

Melissa

Melissa Lim Brodowski, MSW/MPH
Office on Child Abuse and Neglect
Children's Bureau, ACYF, ACF, DHHS
330 C Street SW, Room 2417
Washington DC 20447
phone: 202-205-2629
fax: 202-205-8221
email:  mbrodowski@acf.hhs.gov 
(NOTE: new email address)


-----Original Message-----
From: CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
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Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 3:30 PM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Child sexual abuse incidence



	
> I am a Juvenile Court Investigator in Sonoma County, California and also
teach classes at Santa Rosa Junior College.  The classes are designed for
people who are planning
>to adopt, foster or offer kinship care to children who are, for the most
>part, court dependents.  I have been searching for up-to-date information
on
>the incidence of sexual abuse of children.  I have been using the
statistics
>from Finkelhor, (1994 I think) but believe the incidence rates have
changed.  I am aware that the incidence of reports seems to be going down in
most states.  I am wondering if there are new studies available.  Thanks.