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Discussion: When filled in, the outline should look like this:
I. Child abuse continues to be a serious problem in the United States.
A. Last year alone, there were more than 1.3 million reported cases of child abuse.
1. This averages out to almost 3,500 cases per day.
2. This figure breaks down further to 146 cases per hour.
B. These statistics are even more alarming once we recognize that for every reported
case of child abuse, five more go unreported.
II. The consequences of child abuse are tragic in both the short run and the long run.
A. In the short run, children suffer serious injuries and even death.
1. Injuries to abused children include bruises, burns, cuts, broken bones, internal
B. In the long run, victims of child abuse often continue to be affected by it as adults.
1. There is an unusually high rate of criminal activity among adults who were
abused as children.
2. Victims of child abuse often grow up to become child abusers themselves as
adults.