In 1993, for example, the city investigated 51,748 reports of child maltreatment.

Drug and alcohol abuse is a constant presence in child maltreatment.

This fact sheet explains how child maltreatment is defined in federal and state laws.

Under state law, those reports are not counted as confirmed cases of institutional child maltreatment.

There are no reliable global estimates for the prevalence of child maltreatment.

Such efforts are the results of evidence from research and investigation into all aspects of child maltreatment.

However, they also note that these traits are simply indicative, and do not inevitably lead to child maltreatment.

Since the lower class endures financial strain, this leads to child maltreatment.

In the early 1970s, a theory arose on the connection between stepparents and child maltreatment.

Goodman has conferred with many governments about their policies toward child maltreatment.