Posted: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:17 pm
WiscNews
The seven steps to preventing, recognizing and reacting responsibly to child sexual abuse, as listed by the nonprofit organization Darkness to Light: FULL STORY
8- Keep kids OUT of state custody.
"As many as 75 percent of all children in foster care, upon leaving the system, will have experienced sexual abuse. One study by Johns Hopkins University found that the rate of sexual abuse within the foster-care system is more than four times as high as in the general population; in group homes, the rate of sexual abuse is more than 28 times that of the general population." --Sexual Abuse: An Epidemic in Foster Care Settings? By Orlow, Orlow & Orlow July 17, 2009
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