Child Abuse

The 'Walk in My Shoes' campaign founded by South Florida's former Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book turns 10 this year. While she's no longer in office, Book and thousands of sexual abuse survivors and advocates walk across the state each April.

Financial stressors and other problems pile on during the holidays and increase the risk for domestic violence and child neglect. But help is available.

The bill says cameras would have to be capable of recording audio and video of all areas of a classroom.

Statistics show child abuse reports dropped 18% nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an even steeper fall-off in Florida. But experts say this doesn’t mean there has been a decline in cases.

Child abuse increases the day after school report cards are released — but only when kids get their grades on a Friday, a study led by a University of...

Florida's child welfare department says a previous investigation of a mother charged with drowning her 4-year-old autistic daughter in a river was handled…

Authorities say a 2-year-old Florida boy was hospitalized with marijuana and cocaine in his system.

Jacksonville City Councilman Garrett Dennis said he wants to discourage violence on city properties by declaring them “Hit-Free zones.”

Authorities say a Florida man shot a young boy with an airsoft gun as punishment.News outlets report that 36-year-old Mark Cox was arrested Sunday and…

In response to a spate of child abuse deaths in Florida, state lawmakers in 2014 created teams to investigate the root causes of these deaths and report...

Changes to Florida’s child-welfare system, sponsored by Rep. Cyndi Stevenson (R-St. Augustine), are finally law after two years of debate in Tallahassee...

The family of a Florida State University football player who died during a 2001 training session will receive the remainder of a legal settlement after...