More than 1000 cases of child abuse reported in 2011
22 Nov 2011, 5:56 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
Between December 2010 and October 2011, 1,138 cases of child abuse were reported to the Gender Department from atoll family and children service centres.
1,005 cases involved minors while 133 cases involved victims aged 18 and above.
A majority of cases (348) involved children aged 11 to 15; 30 percent of these cases were classified as sexual abuse.
Approximately one-third of the 81 cases involving children less than one year old involved neglect. Sexual abuse was reported in a quarter of the 192 cases for age group one to five, and in a fifth of the 230 cases age group five to ten.
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