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Estimating the Social Costs of Child Abuse in Residential Care for Children with Disabilities using the Japanese Survey on the Interactions of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences toward Adulthood

Version 1 : Received: 24 November 2022 / Approved: 24 November 2022 / Online: 24 November 2022 (07:32:25 CET)

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Nakane, N.; Wada, I. Estimating the Social Costs of Child Abuse in Residential Care for Children with Disabilities Using the Japanese Survey on the Interactions of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences toward Adulthood. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 16476. Nakane, N.; Wada, I. Estimating the Social Costs of Child Abuse in Residential Care for Children with Disabilities Using the Japanese Survey on the Interactions of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences toward Adulthood. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 16476.

Abstract

We sought to calculate the extra social costs resulting from child abuse in residential care facilities (RCFs) for children with disabilities (CWD) in Japan. We distributed a survey to 260 residential facilities for CWD in 2020 and obtained responses from 91 facilities. Among the children admitted to these facilities, 23–67% were affected by child abuse. We estimated the extra costs to be an average of USD 647.7 million. This study is meaningful in that there are no existing official statistics or research findings on the extra costs of residential care due to child abuse in Japan.

Keywords

child maltreatment; child abuse, social costs of child abuse; residential care for children with disabilities; Japan

Subject

Social Sciences, Sociology

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