REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT NOW CLIMBING.Byline: Troy Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic Staff Writer After five years of declining child-abuse and -neglect reports in 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, the number is rising, 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. a report to be released today. The number of reports spiked spike 1 n. 1. a. A long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal. b. A heavy nail. 2. A spikelike part or projection, as: a. up 9 percent from 147,352 in 2001 to 161,638 last year. And for a second year in a row, the number of children killed in foster care reached a record high while the number of children killed by their parents is the lowest in more than a decade. ``In terms of child-abuse reporting, it appears that 2001 marked sort of the end of a downward trend in child-abuse reports,'' said Deanne Tilton Tilton is the name of two places in the United States:
Experts say the recent increase in child-abuse reports could be related to the faltering economy and rising unemployment. ``I think perhaps the economy is placing a bigger burden on families and they are falling apart more and taking it out on the kids,'' said Janis Spire, executive director of the Alliance for Children's Rights The opportunity for children to participate in political and legal decisions that affect them; in a broad sense, the rights of children to live free from hunger, abuse, neglect, and other inhumane conditions. . Meanwhile, for the second year in a row, the number of children killed in foster care reached a record high of five while the number of children killed by their biological parents was the lowest since 1989. A total of 35 children were victims of homicides committed by parents, family members or caretakers in both 2000 and 2001, down from a high of 61 in 1991. |
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