Child Sexual Abuse Reports Are On The Rise Amid Lockdown Orders
The National Sexual Assault Hotline reports a jump in calls coming in from minors in the month of March, when many shelter-in-place orders began.
by Anya Kamenetz
Apr 28, 2020
2 minutes
There has been a rise in the number of minors contacting the National Sexual Assault Hotline to report abuse. That's according to RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, which runs the hotline.
By the end of March, with much of the country under lockdown,
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