Amazing parenting....

[matsuki]

Reports of child abuse up 20-fold in decade

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Police reported abuse cases involving a record 21,603 children to child consultation centers last year, up 31.8 percent from a year earlier and marking a 20-fold increase over a decade, the National Police Agency said Thursday.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/0 ... x2D9fmSz3R

[J.A.F.O]

Not to be overly skeptical but I'm just curious where the "goalposts" are set. (too lazy to read the article) If the laws on what are considered child abuse expand then yea 30 ish percent increase isn't surprising and would actually be a small increase really.

My old man would be locked away for life today for what would be considered household discipline 30 years ago.

[J.A.F.O]

[matsuki]

Doesn't sound like the goalposts were moved, just more spectators to yell at the refs.

I should probably change the title to Amazing Policework though...

Police reported abuse cases involving a record 21,603 children to child consultation centers last year

The police made arrests and took other law-enforcement steps in 467 cases, down five from the previous year but still the second-highest on record.

2.16% arrest rate on reported abuse cases. If you take out the half that were mental abuse, that's still about a 4% arrest (not conviction) rate. I wonder if Japan is trying to knock the US off it's child abuse record pedestal. (or maybe just discourage reporting?)

The cases involved 475 children, 25 of whom died, a record low, according to the agency.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Not to be overly skeptical but I'm just curious where the "goalposts" are set. (too lazy to read the article) If the laws on what are considered child abuse expand then yea 30 ish percent increase isn't surprising and would actually be a small increase really.

My old man would be locked away for life today for what would be considered household discipline 30 years ago.

The goalposts were moved or kids are being taught what abuse is and being encouraged to report it.

[J.A.F.O]

The goalposts were moved or kids are being taught what abuse is and being encouraged to report it.

Yea, like Choko said, it may very well be the latter. Seriously though some kids need to catch a bad case of death from their parents.