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June
10, 2003
New
Jersey Department of Human Services
 New Jersey
Substantiated Abuse
& Neglect: Child
Fatality Analysis For
1998-2002
In 2001, abuse and
neglect claimed the lives of 1,321 children, including 27 children
in New Jersey. This equates to four children dying every day due
to maltreatment nationally and one child dying about every 16 days
in New Jersey.
This report presents
an analysis of the 123 deaths caused by abuse or neglect in New
Jersey between the years 1998 and 2002. It examines these
fatalities for the purpose of recommending preventive
interventions and strategies. Analysis of these data reveals that
there are several notable trends in the characteristics of
children in New Jersey who died from abuse and neglect from 1998
to 2002.
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