Society may be willing to pay a high price to prevent child abuse and neglect, study suggests

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Writer: Kirk McAlpin, 706/542-8078, kmm3@uga.edu
Contact: Phaedra Corso, 706/583-8926, pcorso@uga.edu
Feb 18, 2011, 13:23

 

Athens, Ga. – The amount the public will pay to prevent the death of a child may be twice that of an adult, according to a new University of Georgia study that asked 199 individuals how much they would pay to prevent a death from child abuse or neglect.

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