Statistics

There are only statistics about child abuse but there are no excuses

91% of child physical abuses and 82% of child sexual abuses happened in places that are suppose to be safe for children (Dr. Fadeela Al Mahroos, 2001).

77% of abusers are those that the child used to trust (Dr. Fadeela Al Mahroos, 2001).

There are not much of statistics for Arab world and especially for the Gulf, here are some statistics from the US and Canada

At least 1 of 4 girls and 1 of 10 boys get sexually abused at least once before there 18th burthday (Kinsey, 1953, Finkelhor, 1979) .

10% of these children are of preschool age (Children's Hospital, D.C.).

In 85-90% of these cases the abuser is someone well known to the child (Groth, 1982; DeFrancis, 1969; Russell, 1983) .

In 35% of these cases the abuser is a family member (King County , Washington).

Only 10% of these cases had violence action included with the abuse (Jaffee, 1975).

50% of all these cases happened in the victims house or in the abusers house (Sanford, 1980).

The average abusers dealt with more than 70 children during there abusing activities (Sanford, 1980, Abel and Becker, 1980).

In year 2000 alone, there was more than 2,9 million child abuse cases reported to different authorities in the United States (National child abuse protection center).

1 of 3 cases of child abuse involve a child less than 6 year old (National Incidence Study, 1988).

Child abuse happens and it is so painful, but what effects it has on the society, bellow are some statestics:

95% of child abusers were themselves abused as children (Grouth).

80% of alcohol and drug users were abused as children (Daytop).

80% of runaways said that abuse is the main reason for them to run away from home (Denver Police).

78% of prisoners were abused when they were children (Groth).

95% of prostitutes where sexually abused when they were children (Conte).

90% of the public think that primary schools should have protection programs for child abuse (National child abuse protection center ).

92% of teachers think that such programs are useful and effective (Duffell).

60% of primary schools support teaching child abuse protection skills (National child abuse protection center).