In total, 21% of children experience some degree of
physical abuse at the hands of their parents or carers during childhood.
The person responsible for physical violence during
childhood was most often the mother (49%) or father (40%)
Source: NSPCC key child protection statistics
(2007) referenced in Summary of Home Office and NSPCC Statistics Relating to Violence and Abuse by Paul Renn, Trauma Register
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