National Institute of Justice, Centers for Disease Control, November, 1998. Estimates from the Redesigned Survey, Special Report, National Crime Victimization Survey, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, August 1995. Estimates from the Redesigned Survey, Special Report, National Crime Victimization Survey, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, August 1995. In 1992 and 1993, black and white women and Hispanic and non-Hispanic women sustained about the same amount of violence by intimate partners, as did women who lived in urban, suburban and rural locations. Estimates from the Redesigned Survey, Special Report, National Crime Victimization Survey, Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, August 1995.
Government agencies have difficulty substantiating reports of maltreatment.
The rate has increased from 40 per 1,000 children in 1990 to 46 per 1,000 in 1995. Currently, about 47 out of every 1,000 children are reported as victims of child maltreatment. These percentages have remained fairly stable since 1986. Child Abuse and Neglect Statistics, National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, April, 1998. According to 1993 data, the average age of a victim of child abuse is 7 years.