A.V. SEEKS ABUSE SOLUTIONS; ATTACKS ON CHILDREN ROSE 6.3% IN '97.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer Keeping its reputation as a hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which of physical and sexual abuse of children, the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley recorded a 6.3 percent increase in child abuse reports in 1997, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. statistics released last week. The Antelope Valley recorded an average of 2.07 sexual and physical child abuse reports per 10,000 inhabitants
The game is based loosely on the concepts from SameGame. , far above the next highest communities served by the sheriff's department - Lennox, with 1.43, and Lakewood, with 1.34, records show. ``We have been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with child abuse,'' said Sgt. Mike Becker, in charge of the Juvenile Investigation Bureau in Lancaster. The Antelope Valley has led Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County in child-abuse reports since at least the mid-1980s - for reasons still not fully understood, which could include a greater inclination by valley residents to report suspected abuse that proves later to be unfounded. The number of reports has gradually declined in the last five years. Sheriff's deputies took 541 reports last year, compared to 509 in 1996 and 582 reports in 1993. Child abuse investigators say they find about half of all physical child abuse cases are without merit, but 90 percent of sexual molestation molestation n. the crime of sexual acts with children up to the age of 18, including touching of private parts, exposure of genitalia, taking of pornographic pictures, rape, inducement of sexual acts with the molester or with other children, and variations of these reports are legitimate, officials said. Last year, they investigated 319 sexual abuse reports and 222 physical abuse reports. Investigators say there are several reasons why Antelope Valley reports are higher than elsewhere, including better training and more diligence among workers at local schools, hospitals and churches at reporting abuse. In an effort to deter child abuse locally, officials are now aiming to prevent child abuse before it occurs. ``We're putting water on the fire after it's started,'' said Becker. ``We need to stop the abuse before it occurs.'' One of the new programs, expected to start in June, is being initiated by officials at Antelope Valley Hospital. The hospital has invested more than $300,000 into a program that will identify, track, counsel and otherwise aid families judged to be at risk of child abuse. CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS The following figures show child abuse cases reported in the Antelope Valley from 1993 to 1997. The numbers include both city and county communities in the greater Lancaster and Palmdale areas. LANCASTER Year Physical Sexual 1993 104 183 1994 82 197 1995 123 152 1996 95 158 1997 106 153 PALMDALE Year Physical Sexual 1993 114 181 1994 87 196 1995 126 162 1996 102 154 1997 116 166 SOURCE: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department CAPTION(S): Box BOX: CHILD ABUSE STATISTICS (See text) |
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