HOW COMMON IS SEXUAL ABUSE AMOUNG CHILDEN OF DIFFERENT AGES?

Sexual abuse may affect any child of any age from infancy through adolescence. In fact, this is a problem that directly affects millions of children across all social, ethnic, religious, and cultural groups around the world. While the overall rates of child sexual victimization seem to have declined since 1993, children and adolescents are still more likely than adults to suffer a sexual assault.