New Report on Child Maltreatment

A report, Death and serious injury from assault of children under 5 years in Aotearoa New Zealand: A review of international literature was commissioned by the Office of the Children’s Commissioner and reviewed common risk factors for death and injury from abuse in New Zealand and worldwide.

Every year in this country, about 45 children under 5 years old are seriously injured and around five are killed because they are maltreated at the hands of people they should be able to trust. The report states it is very young babies that are most at risk of abuse and highlights some risks we need to give more attention to in this country.

To read the report in full go to http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/6343/OCC_Deathand_seri...