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DATE: TUESDAY, April 3, 1990                   TAG: 9004030614
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CHILD ABUSE REPORTS ON THE INCREASE

Reports of child abuse and neglect rose 9 percent last year, the largest increase since 1985, says the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse.

The survey released Monday found that 2.4 million reports of child abuse and neglect were recorded in 1989 by state child welfare agencies, including at least 1,237 child-abuse related deaths.

Ann Cohn, executive director of the abuse prevention committee, said the growing problem of drug and alcohol abuse figures prominently in the increase, along with social problems such as poverty and homelessness.

-Associated Press 


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