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Financial Stress Makes People Do Heinous Things, Like Abuse Their Kids

Financial Stress Makes People Do Heinous Things, Like Abuse Their Kids

Here is more proof that the nation’s economic woes has made people do unthinkable things: According to a new research study, an increase in child abuse is being linked with the recession.

After a study of 422 abused children in 74 counties covering four different states, the results confirmed reports from pediatricians who have seen increasing numbers of shaken baby cases and other forms of brain-injuring abuse among younger children at the height of the recession, from late-2007 to mid-2009.
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