A nearly 40 percent increase in the number of reported cases of child
abuse in Pennsylvania is straining the resources of county district
attorneys' offices, with one prosecutor saying her staff is overwhelmed
by the rising workload.
Prosecutors say they support a 2014 legislative overhaul of the state's child abuse law, which, among other things, expanded the definition of child abuse and made more adults legally responsible for reporting suspected cases of it. But they're having trouble keeping up with the resulting surge in abuse claims.
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Prosecutors say they support a 2014 legislative overhaul of the state's child abuse law, which, among other things, expanded the definition of child abuse and made more adults legally responsible for reporting suspected cases of it. But they're having trouble keeping up with the resulting surge in abuse claims.
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