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@Slide Rule Now show the stats of abuse by family members
Most child victims are abused by a parent.
In 2022, a reported 434,000 perpetrators abused or neglected a child. In substantiated child abuse cases, 76% of children were victimized by a parent or legal guardian.
Child-on-child abuse is common. At CACs in 2022, 16% of people alleged to have abused a child were themselves children (in cases where we knew the age of the alleged abuser).ii
Nationally, neglect is the most common form of abuse. Three-fourths (74%) of victims are neglected, 17% are physically abused, 11% are sexually abused, and 0.2% are sex trafficked.
https://www.nationalchildrensalliance.org/media-room/national-statistics-on-child-abuse/
