Iowa Child Abuse Cases Decline in 2007 for the Second Year in a Row

Iowa Department of Human Services reports confirmed that 13,529 children were abused in 2007 – approximately 500 fewer than in 2006 and 1,500 less than 2005. PCA Iowa has produced a report on this decline in child abuse, which you can read; click here.

Homicides of Iowa's Young Children
Annual reports of Iowa's Child Death Review Team show that 112 of this state's children under seven years old were homicide victims from 1995-2007. PCA Iowa's study of thirteen years of team reports reveals the extra risk that very young children face, details the causes and perpetrators of young child homicides, and summarizes recommendations on how to reduce these deaths. Read PCA Iowa’s study.

Costs of Child Abuse
Prevent Child Abuse America has released a new report on the immediate and long-term costs to society of child abuse. PCA Iowa has examined the report and updated its Societal Costs of Child Abuse page with the new figures and new research on child abuse, juvenile offenses, and adult criminality.

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