About Childsafe

Statistics

Statistics

Each month at Child Safe we serve approximately 30 children. Most of those children are reporting sexual abuse. We know that the children we see are very special and can not be broken down into a statistical report. Each child is unique and each story is heartbreaking. None the less, an overview of the children we see would show the following demographics -

Child Advocacy Centers Make a Difference in Prosecution Rates
(Prior to Child Safe, prosecution was rare.
No statistics were kept locally)


2007 Prosecution Rates for Counties Served

County

Total Cases*

Referred to
Prosecutor

Prosecutorial
Action

Benton

13

11

69%

Chariton

0

0

0%

Henry

14

5

38%

Johnson

30

6

20%

Lafayette

16

5

31%

Linn

1

1

100%

Moniteau

5

1

20%

Morgan

19

7

74%

Pettis(2009)

34

10

29%

Saline (2009)

34

10

29%


*Total Cases refers to those cases that were found "Preponderance of Evidence" by Children's Division or had no Children's Division involvement, not the total number of cases referred to Child Safe from that county.

                                     

Click here for 2011 statistics