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child protection  

Definition(s)

  • In 2005, more than 3.3 million reports of suspected child abuse or neglect were reported to state child protection agencies in the United States. Those reports led to a finding of substantiated maltreatment involving nearly 900,000 children, or about 12 per thousand, including 1,400 child fatalities, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [Source: Encyclopedia of Education Law; Child Protection]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-ZBLKHB5K-W

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