PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 6 June 1985, pp. 1150-1151
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Preventing Sexual Abuse of Children in Day Care: Whose Problem Is It Anyway?

RICHARD D. KRUGMAN MD1

1 The C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child, Abuse and Neglect, Denver

In his 1977 C. Anderson Aldrich Award address, Henry Kempe highlighted child sexual abuse as "another hidden problem." It is no longer hidden. Public and professional awareness of the issue is rapidly increasing (reported cases have increased more than 600% in the last 7 years). The disclosure of multiple child victims in day care centers in California, Nevada, New York, and elsewhere has led to demands that "something be done."

Legislators have responded by passing packages of laws that increase penalties for perpetrators, mandate long sentences for repeat offenders, and/ or require fingerprinting and FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) background checks on day care center employees.