Abstract
This short paper refers to the social cost of child maltreatment in Italy. The cost of child violence is about 13.056 billion Euros per year, equivalent to 0.84% of National GDP. Direct costs amount to 338.6 million Euros, while indirect costs amount to 12.7 billion Euros. The new cases of maltreatment cost 910 million Euros each year. The paper discusses the data on cases of child violence and the related social costs in Italy, comparing its with International ones.
Highlights
Was conducted by Terre des Hommes (International Federation—TDHIF), mandated by the Authority Guarantor for Childhood and Adolescence, and in collaboration with Italian Coordination of Public and Private Services against
The first object of investigation was the total number of minors that were followed in Italy by the Social Services of Municipalities
Pre-teens and teenagers to load social services are 42.1%, amongst which 28.2% are in primary school, 11.2% are in the range of 4 - 5 years and 11.8% are in early childhood (CISMAI & Terre des Hommes, 2013)
Summary
Was conducted by Terre des Hommes (International Federation—TDHIF), mandated by the Authority Guarantor for Childhood and Adolescence, and in collaboration with Italian Coordination of Public and Private Services against. Regarding the minors taken to the Italian Social Health Assistance in Italy: 47.1% of them were exposed to material neglect and/or affective; 19.4% of them were exposed to assisted violence; 13.7% of them were exposed to psychological maltreatment; 8.4% of them were in treatment condition (lack of care/hyper-care); 6.9% of them were exposed to physical abuse; 4.2% of them were exposed to sexual abuse; 1.2% of them were exposed to a form of undefined violence (CISMAI & Terre des Hommes, 2013).
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