Tag: child abuse
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Legislators to discuss child abuse report Monday; chilling stories emerging about abuse trends
After a wave of stories pertaining to child abuse records made front-page news this week, the Interim Joint Health and Welfare Committee will meet Monday to discuss the Cabinet for Health...
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Child abuse records released, but without names of victims
Though the state on Monday released 85 internal reviews of cases in which children had either been killed or nearly killed from abuse, in many instances it did not release...
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Head of state social services steps down amid controversy
In the wake of controversy about how her state agency handled child-abuse investigations, Kentucky’s commissioner of social services has stepped down. No other details were confirmed about the resignation of...
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Remember? State opened its child-abuse records in 1990s
Though it made big, breaking news last week, releasing state records about severe child abuse isn’t new in Kentucky, writes Joseph Gerth, right, in a column in The Courier-Journal. “During...
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18 Kentucky children died from child abuse or neglect last year, down from 33 in 2009, but report is incomplete, critics say
A report by the the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shows 18 Kentucky children died from abuse or neglect in the past fiscal year, down from 33 the year...
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Beshear says hand over child abuse records; cabinet immediately files for more time
Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the release of “state records of children who have been killed or nearly killed as a result of abuse and neglect,” reports Beth Musgrave of the...
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Abuse must be reported to officials in Ky., unlike scandalized Pa.
State law should prevent the child abuse scandal that has rocked Penn State from happening in Kentucky. (Associated Press photo: Penn State head coach Joe Paterno, assistant coach Mike McQueary...
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Cyber predators have easier access to children because of phones, video games
Child predators have it easier than ever to entice their young victims, due to the ever-growing accessibility of the Internet. “It’s a lot easier now than everybody has the Internet...
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Child abuse rates have risen significantly since the economy went into recession, survey in Ky. and 3 other states shows
Child abuse rose as the economy went into recession, shows a study of reported abuse to children under 5 in Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. From 2004 to December 2007, before...