Child Abuse

Researchers say they have positively identified the remains of a 15-year-old boy who died at a Florida reform school where guards were accused of...

A new survey commissioned by a sexual abuse survivor says child abuse occurs more frequently than people think, and reporting the suspected abuse does...

As April marks National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we take a closer look at efforts to identify and prevent child abuse in Florida. Following an…

Almost 680,000 children in the United States were victims of abuse in 2013. And state and local governments aren't doing enough to report abuse and investigate it, according to an independent study.

University of South Florida researchers will announce Thursday afternoon that they've determined the identities of two more sets of remains buried on...

According to a University of San Francisco study, 18 children in the US have died this year after being left in hot cars. Two of those children were from…

Days after a Miami Herald investigation documented 475 child abuse deaths on the agency's watch, Florida's Department of Children and Families is…

Hundreds of children die of abuse or neglect in Florida each year. Others suffer routine beatings – or turn to the sex trade to survive on the streets.…

This week, the Miami Herald is reporting on a history of failures at DCF - Florida's Department of Children and Families. But these are failures with a…

A state Senate committee agrees that more and better trained caseworkers is one of the keys to fixing persistent child welfare problems at Florida's…