Abstract
This bulletin summarizes statistics on trends for sexual and physical abuse. A decline in sexual abuse since the early 1990s is a conclusion supported by 3 independent sources of agency data and 4 separate large victim surveys. The trend for physical abuse is less clear, since several of the data sources show conflicting patterns.
Department
Crimes Against Children Research Center, Psychology
Publication Date
11-2012
Publisher
Crimes against Children Research Center
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Finkelhor, D. & Jones, L. (2012). Have sexual abuse and physical abuse declined since the 1990s? Durham, NH: Crimes against Children Research Center.