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Child Abuse and Neglect

• America's Children -- Information is presented in non-technical terms along with charts and tables for every year from 1997 up till the most recent year stats are gathered for.

• Child Abuse -- U.S. government documents online

• Child Abuse: General resources -- from the Dept of Justice

• Child Abuse Prevention Network

• Child Abuse: Statistics, Research and Resources

• Children's Rights: A Legal Overview

• Child Welfare and Information Gateway --  look at menu on left too

• Child Welfare Trauma Referral Tool -- in .pdf format, "The Child Welfare Trauma Referral Tool is designed to help child welfare workers make more trauma-informed decisions about the need for referral to trauma-specific and general mental health services"  A real example of what is used by professionals.

• Medline Plus: Child Abuse -- the basics and  -- the medical implications.

• Medline Plus: Child Sexual Abuse -- an excellent source.

• National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect -- includes statistics