U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Maltreatment 2001

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, Child Maltreatment 2001 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003) Letter from the Associate Commissioner: I am pleased to present a copy of Child Maltreatment, 2001. This twelfth annual publication of data collected via the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) is for calendar year. It reflects our commitment to provide the most complete national information about child maltreatment known to the States child protective services (CPS) agencies. Key findings in this report include the following. Nationally, an estimated 903,000 children were . . .