To provide expert forensic physical exams and psychological services, through a collaboration with the Child Advocacy Center and Our Kids for children who may have experienced physical or sexual abuse have experienced physical or sexual abuse or neglect, to increase community awareness and offer education about child maltreatment.
We have completed forensic sexual abuse evaluations on children in Rutherford County with the average age being 6.2 years of age.
Child-Abuse Statistics
Child abuse is reported on average every 10 seconds.
Each day in the United States, more than 3 children die as a result of child abuse in the home.
A child in Tennessee is abused or neglected every hour.
Studies show that 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 8 boys will be sexually abused before they are 18 years old.
More children (age 4 and younger) die from child abuse and neglect than any other single, leading cause of death for infants and young children.
One of every seven victims of sexual assault reported to law enforcement agencies were under the age of 6.