"The problem lays in national crime indicators not looking at the big picture," Finkelhor said. - http://clapway.com/2015/06/29/study-finds-over-one-third-of-us-children-and-teen-abused-assaulted-123/

Nearly four of every 10 US children and teens have been exposed to violence or abuse over the previous year, a new research unveiled. Researchers collected information on 4,000 US children age 17 and younger through phone interviews over the last two years. The results of the survey are shocking.

Children: the most victimized section of the population

According to the Crimes Against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, just over 37% of kids in the study had been physically assaulted over the previous year, usually by siblings or peers. Almost 10 percent were consequently injured.

Furthermore, approximately 15 percent of US children faced mistreated by the hands of a caregiver or parent, including 5 percent who were physically abused.

According to study leader David Finkelhor, “children are the most victimized segment of the population”. So why is everyone missing the full burden of this? According to Finkelhor, “The problem lays in national crime indicators not looking at the big picture.”

US children physically assaulted and sexually abused

Overall, boys were assaulted by adults and peers about twice as often as girls were. The survey also found that 2 percent of girls overall had been sexually abused or assaulted within the year, those aged 14 to 17, in particular.

The findings published online in the journal JAMA Pediatrics were the result of children aged 10 to 17 being questioned about their exposure to violence, crime and abuse. Caregivers answered questions for children aged 9 and younger.

Going beyond the statistics

Experts believe that violence and abuse in childhood are big drivers behind many of the social and health issues we face today, ranging from suicide to crime.

According to Dr. Andrew Adesman, of the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, these statistics should be a wake up call for public health experts and policy makers to ensure that children and adolescents are neither exposed to — nor the victim of — so many different forms of violence.

Various programs can help prevent abuse. These include parent education and psychological support programs, that can prevent family abuse as well as school-based ones to reduce bullying.

For more on preventing the abuse and maltreatment of US children, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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If you can’t feel safe at home, where can you?

Study Finds Over One Third of US Children and Teen Abused, Assaulted

U.S.: Pizza Murder Mystery in D.C. - http://clapway.com/2015/05/21/us-pizza-murder-mystery-in-d-c-123/

After the torture and quadruple murder in Washington D.C., the police identified the first suspect thanks to DNA found on a pizza crust–talk about a solvable pizza murder mystery solved. Daron Dylan Wint, a 34-year-old man from Maryland, is now wanted for first-degree murder of four people, as well as arson.

Solving a Pizza Murder Mystery in D.C.

A Dominos  branch in the neighbourhood confirmed that it delivered pizza to the house of the victims in the evening of 13th of May, which is when the victims are thought to be bound in their resident. Police got in touch with the branch and investigated the crime scene. Following this, forensic experts had found Wind’s DNA.

Savvas Savopoulos, 46; Amy Savopoulos, 47; their son, Philip; and housekeeper Veralicia Figueroa, 57, were found murdered in their mansion, located in an upmarket neighbourhood in northwest of the city last week. The slain couple also had two teenaged daughters, who were away at a boarding school when the incident took place. After the murder in Washington D.C., Wint allegedly had set the mansion to fire. As firefighters rushed to the burning home, they were the first ones to find the bodies.

Investigations into the business and personal life of the Savopoulos family continue. Nevertheless, Savvas Savopoulous was the chief executive of American Iron Works, and was also known to be involved with different businesses. A specialist who wanted to remain anonymous said Wind may have worked for one of Savopoulos’ organizations, the Associated Press reported. However, although Wind’s motivations aren’t clear at this point, detectives are in the opinion that money was an influential factor in the murder in Washington D.C. While the casualties were bound, an employee of Savopoulos apparently conveyed a bundle of $40,000 in cash to the multi-million mansion. Police said the money was already passed when they were at the scene.

According to his records and relatives, Daron Dylan Wint has a long criminal history. “He doesn’t listen,” an unidentified relative of his said and added: “You try to tell him and guide him the right way, but he thinks he knows the law … more than anybody else. He was very argumentative. Everywhere he goes there’s an argument … very arrogant. His whereabouts remain unknown.

U.S.: Pizza Murder Mystery in D.C.