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Latest Facts about
Child Abuse in Wyoming in 2005
These
facts are from the DFS 2005 Maltreatment Statistics reported to the
National Child Abuse And Neglect Data System.
These
statistics are for calendar year 2005
Total
reports received by DFS................................................
7,339
Number
referred for investigation or assessment..................... 4,310
Number of
rejected
reports...................................................... 3,089
Child
Victims of maltreatment by type
Physical
abuse............................................................................
221
Neglect or
deprivation of necessities..........................................
596
Medical
neglect.............................................................................
10
Sexual
abuse...................................................................................63
Psychological or emotional abuse or
neglect..................................10
Other..............................................................................................22
Unknown..........................................................................................1
Total.............................................................................................923
Child
Fatalities
Children who died of a result
of maltreatment............................. 1
Children who died of a result of maltreatment while in foster care..
0
(Note:
actual number of children who died of child abuse in 2005 was 4 but
three of children were living in families who were not involved with DFS
at the time they died.)
Perpetrators of child abuse
Parents.......................................................................................
936
Other
caretaker relatives or household members.......................
113
Foster
parents................................................................................
0
Residential facility
staff.................................................................
0
Child day
care
providers................................................................
7
Non-caretakers............................................................................
12
Unknown
relationship to
victims.................................................. 4
Total
...................................................................................
1,072
Unduplicated number of
perpetrators....................................... 592
(Note:
abusers may inflict more than one type of abuse and abuse more than one
child.)
In 2005,
the most frequent reporters of child abuse were educational personnel,
law enforcement officers, parents, social service personnel, and other
relatives.
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