- In 2001, we served 108 children
- In 2002, we served 134 children
- In 2003, we served 251 children
- In 2004, we served 301 children
- In 2005, we served 314 children
- In 2006, we served 336 children
From 2001-2006, we served 1,444 children
146 On-site Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations were
conducted from 2001-2006
Overall Statistics from 2001-2006
| Child's Gender: |
| Female | 1045 |
| Male | 399 |
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| Child's Age: |
| 0-6 years | 494 |
| 7-12 years | 598 |
| 13-18+ years | 352 |
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| Primary Referral Basis: |
| Physical Abuse | 251 |
| Sexual Abuse | 1239 |
| Several referrals fall into both physical and sexual abuse categories. |
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| Alleged Offender's Relationship to the Child: |
| Parent, Stepparent | 544 |
| Parent's Boyfriend/Girlfriend | 5 |
| Stranger | 6 |
| Other Relative | 382 |
| Other Known Person | 571 |
| Unknown (No Suspects) | 72 |
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| Age of Alleged Offender: |
| Under 13 | 85 |
| Age 13 to 17 | 169 |
| Age 18+ | 1326 |
| The total number of offenders is higher than the number of children interviewed because there are some children that have more than one offender. |
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Child Advocacy Centers Make a Difference in Prosecution Rates
(Prior to Child Safe, prosecution was rare. No statistics were kept locally)
2005 Prosecution Rates for Counties Served
| County | Total Cases* | Referred to
Prosecutor | Prosecutorial
Action |
| Benton | 7 | 3 | 43% |
| Chariton | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Henry** | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Johnson | 16 | 7 | 44% |
| Lafayette | 6 | 5 | 83% |
| Linn** | 2 | ** | ** |
| Moniteau | 6 | 2 | 31% |
| Morgan | 12 | 7 | 58% |
| Pettis | 23 | 9 | 39% |
| Saline | 25 | 9 | 36% |
*Total Cases refers to those cases that were found "Preponderance of Evidence" by Children's Division, not the total number of cases referred to Child Safe from that county.
**These counties had cases with prosecutorial action on a juvenile offender with referral to Division of Youth Services. This will not be reflected in our numbers because Children's Division was not involved.
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