For the year 2022, the CJC tracked 2,114 total cases of child sex abuse, felony physical abuse, child sex trafficking and children who witnessed a violent crime. In 2020, they tracked 1,782 cases.
A state program tracked more child abuse cases in Hawaii in 2022 than in the previous two years, which saw cases fall during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Friends of Children s Justice Center of Oahu and the State Judiciary s Children s Justice Centers released that the statewide total of child abuse cases jumped to 2,060 from 1,669 in
The Friends of Children s Justice Center of Oahu and the State Judiciary s Children s Justice Centers released that the statewide total of child abuse cases jumped to 2,060 from 1,669 in