[Nyororin]

The actual rates have not gone up at all. In fact, they`ve been dropping drastically in recent years.

The only thing that has changed are the laws, and people`s attitudes toward other`s parenting. Of course it`s going to look like it has increased if there is suddenly a new law which changes the definition of "abuse", and at the same time more efforts to find and charge abusers.

It`s this kind of alarmist reporting that seriously irritates me. The rate of abuse hasn`t gone up at all, they`ve just gotten much better at finding and reporting the cases which do exist.