Authorities More Aware of Child Abuse Now

From MedPage Today:

Medical personnel, police, and school officials appear to be learning about more incidents of violence against children and teens than they used to, but there is still substantial room for improvement in reporting, researchers said.

Among some 2,650 youths in a telephone survey who reported exposure to violence in the previous year, 45.7% said the authorities knew about at least one of the violent incidents, according to David Finkelhor, PhD, of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and colleagues.

A similar survey conducted in 1992 indicated that only about 25% of violent incidents were reported to schools or police.