J Forensic Sci Toxicol | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Research Article | Open Access
Arroyo A* and Coronas C
Department of Justice, Institute Legal Medicine of Catalonia, Spain
Fulltext PDFChild maltreatment is a global problem with serious life-long consequences and data from many countries are still lacking. Child maltreatment is complex and difficult to study. Current estimates vary widely depending on the country and the method of research used. Aims: The objective of this study is to describe and discuss the data on child abuse in Spain. The agency responsible for preparing these statistics is the Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality. Newsletter No. 19 published in 2016 collects these data in the Unified Registry of Suspected Cases of Child Maltreatment (RUMI) database. The latest bulletin contains the data and the development of child protection measures executed in each of the Regional Administrations of Spain from 2012 to 2016. It is the first one to reflect the changes introduced by current legislation.
Methodology: The RUMI collects notifications from the different protection services through an online form (BOLETINF) that facilitates and improves the reliability of collection.
Results: The total number of notifications in Spain for 2016 was 14,569. The notifications mainly came from the police, education system, health departments and social services. The total number of notifications in Spain for 2016 was 14,569, with the highest number of notifications being in Catalonia (2,555), Andalusia (2,654), Madrid (1,477), Balearic Islands (1,452) and Canary Islands (1,293). Of the total, 6,627 were female and 7,942 male. The notifications mainly came from the police, education system, health departments and social services.
Child abuse; Child maltreatment; Legal medicine; Child injuries
Arroyo A, Coronas C. Child Maltreatment in Spain. J Forensic Sci Toxicol. 2018;1(1):1002.