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Child abuse is any act, or failure to act, on the part of a parent or caretaker, which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation of a child...
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Child abuse reports received by the OCR in 2011
The application delivers data entered directly to the Registry, which is the institution established to receive reports about the abuse of Jamaican children.
The Child Abuse Reporting System (CARS) application is designed to enable smartphone users to submit reports of suspected and actual cases of child abuse to the Office of the Children’s Registry.
Now you can report child abuse...
using your smartphone!
Android and iOS versions will be available soon.
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Quarterly Statistical Bulletin; Volume 1, No. 3; July to September 2012 - New
Released: April 22, 2013
For the quarter, July to September 2012, the Office of the Children’s Registry (OCR) received one thousand nine hundred and seventy nine (1,979) reports, representing a decline of 21% over the previous quarter, April to June 2012.
Of the reports received, one thousand six hundred and twenty six (1,626) represent children who were being reported for the first time. Of this amount, 57% were girls, 42% were boys, while the gender for the remaining 1% was not specified.
In the bulletin attached, you will find statistical information on the number of reports received by the OCR by period, gender, parish and type of report. The data show a comparison of the July to September and the April to June 2012 quarters. In this issue, you will also access data on children in police custody.
Last update: April 22, 2013
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