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When it comes to severe child abuse cases, how much information should be disclosed to the public?
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Jun 9, 2016
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When it comes to severe child abuse cases, how much information should be disclosed to the public?
The latest California child abuse statistics are raising questions about privacy and how much information should be available to the public.
Between 2000 and 2009, for every one-percent increase in the 90-day mortgage delinquency rate, the rate of child abuse requiring hospitalization of a child rose by three percent.
Between 2000 and 2009, for every one-percent increase in the 90-day mortgage delinquency rate, the rate of child abuse requiring hospitalization of a child rose by three percent.
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The latest California child abuse statistics are raising questions about privacy and how much information should be available to the public.

The numbers are sobering. Between 2008 and 2015, more than 850 kids in California were abused so badly that their cases were deemed near fatalities.

During those same years, nearly a thousand more did die from abuse, this according to the California Department of Social Services.

The question being debated now is how much information should be available to the public in severe cases of child abuse. It's one that Laurel Rosenhall is writing about in Cal Matters. She joined the show to discuss the issue.

To hear the full segment, click the blue play button above.