Child abuse, crime and other social issues.

In the United States, over three million reports of child abuse are made every year.  Almost 5 children die everyday from some form of child abuse and it is believed that 5 is a conservative number.  It is thought that as many as much 85 percent of these fatalities go undocumented on death certificates.  Read more here. Child abuse has no face.  It occurs at all socioeconomic levels and throughout every race, education level and religious group.  Children suffer from multiple types of abuse, with neglect being the most prevalent.  Research has concluded that children three and under are the most risk, representing nearly 75 percent of child abuse related fatalities.  Who is abusing and killing these children?  The parents account for 76 percent of the fatalities, 15 percent are non-caretakers the child knows and nine percent are unknown persons.  Who is doing something about it?