Children's abuse detailed

As many as 41 children in Los Angeles County are believed to have died of abuse or neglect in 2010, even after the county Department of Children and Family Services had investigated their home situation, according to a report released this week.Christene Villacorte in the Daily News.

The report was requested after several years of controversy over whether the department's policy of trying to keep children with their families, rather than force them into foster care after an allegation of abuse, was resulting in more deaths.

Overall the report found a decline in deaths of children whose cases had been brought to the attention of DCFS over the last five years, from 69 in 2006 to 41 in 2009 and in 2010.