JSSOpen Journal of Social Sciences2327-5952Scientific Research Publishing10.4236/jss.2020.83001JSS-98668ArticlesBusiness&Economics Social Sciences&Humanities Data on Children Involved and the Social Costs Related to the Phenomenon of Maltreatment and Ill-Treatment towards Children in Italy GiuliaSavarese1*LunaCarpinelli1RosaAngela Villani1DanielaD’Elia1MonicaRomei1Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy040320200803163, January 20201, March 2020 4, March 2020© Copyright 2014 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. 2014This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This short paper refers to the social cost of child maltreatment in Italy. The cost of child violence is about 13.056 billion Euros per year, equivalent to 0.84% of National GDP. Direct costs amount to 338.6 million Euros, while indirect costs amount to 12.7 billion Euros. The new cases of maltreatment cost 910 million Euros each year. The paper discusses the data on cases of child violence and the related social costs in Italy, comparing its with International ones.

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Savarese, G., Carpinelli, L., Villani, R. A., D’Elia, D., & Romei, M. (2020). Data on Children Involved and the Social Costs Related to the Phenomenon of Maltreatment and Ill-Treatment towards Children in Italy. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 8, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2020.83001

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