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“AWARENESS IF YOUR BEST DEFENSE”
OVER HALF A MILLION SEXUAL PREDATORS LIVING IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES
SEXUAL ABUSE BEFORE 18TH BIRTHDAY IS A REALITY FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
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1 in 5 girls will be sexually assaulted before 18
- 1 in 6 boys will be sexually assaulted before 18
- 1 in 5 children propositioned on the Internet
- 90% of all children sexually assaulted by someone they know and trust
According to a National Institute of Justice study done in 1996, child sexual abuse costs America $23 billion.
- Victims of child sexual abuse generally spend more on psychiatric care services throughout their lives
- More is spent on special educational services.
- The loss in potential and productivity, and these expenses would not be necessary if not for sexual abuse and its financial drain to each and everyone of us
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY MAY BE NO FRIEND AT ALL
- 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused or sexually assaulted by their 18th birthday
- The perpertrators aren’t “dirty old men hiding in the bushes” but family members
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