Information/Statistics

Important Phone Numbers

Suicide Help Line 1-800-784-2433
National Domestic Violence Hotline - 1-800-537-2238
National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
Childhelp USA/Forrester National Child Abuse Hotline - 1-800-422-4453
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-843-5678
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information - 1-800-729-6686
National Clearinghouse for Child Abuse and Neglect - 1-800-394-3366
National Organization for Victim Assistance - 1-800-879-6682
Office for Victims of Crime Resource Center - 1-800-851-3420
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - 1-800-656-4673
Resource Center on Child Protection and Custody - 1-800-527-3223

Abuse

1 : a corrupt practice or custom
2 : improper or excessive use or treatment : MISUSE
3 : a deceitful act : DECEPTION
4 : language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly,
     intemperately, and angrily
5 : physical maltreatment

Child Sexual Abuse Statistics

  • Approximately one in five women in the United States and one in ten men experienced some form of sexual abuse as children. One-third to one-half of child sexual abuse victims are under the age of seven.
  • Children with disabilities are 1.75 times more likely to experience sexual abuse than other children.
  • Child sexual abuse is rarely committed by the "dangerous stranger" about whom children are often warned. In 70 to 90 percent of reported cases, the perpetrator is actually someone the child knows. In clinical studies, parent figures make up a third of the offenders, and relatives constitute half of the offenders.