Trends in US Army Child Maltreatment Reports: 1990-2004

The victim rates and severity of child maltreatment in U.S. Army families by the sex of the child and parent from 1990-2004 were presented. Data were drawn from the Army Central Registry (ACR), which is a complete list of all substantiated child maltreatment incidents. Overall, while neglect rates ebbed and flowed, emotional abuse had wider fluctuations, physical abuse rates decreased, and sexual abuse remained the lowest over the study time period.