US: The numbers are – literally – unreal! Chapin Hall adds a “warning label” to a bad graphic about child abuse – but it’s still misleading (Opinion)
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog – October 11, 2021
About a month ago, I wrote a column for The Imprint calling out several organizations for using a grossly misleading graphic that exaggerates the rate of physical and sexual child abuse. In fact, two-thirds of the numbers in the graphic are, literally, made up. The creators of the graphic, from the University of New Hampshire, decided to give the actual rate of known neglect, but double the rate of physical abuse and triple the rate of sexual abuse.
Also: Graphic Evidence that Child Welfare Surveillance Doesn’t Work (Opinion): https://imprintnews.org/opinion/graphic-evidence-that-child-welfare-surveillance-doesnt-work/58258

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