Child Abuse Case Summary

Child maltreatment is characterized as “all intentional harm to, or avoidable endangerment of, anyone under 18 years of age” (Berger, 2014, pp. 236). Subtypes of child maltreatment includes child abuse (intentional harm inflicted on a child physically, emotionally, or sexually) and child neglect (failure to provide physical, educational or emotional needs) (Berger, 2014). Lower socioeconomic status (SES) and dysfunctional families can increases the risk for child maltreatment (Harpur, Polek, & van Harmelen, 2015). Additional circumstances that can increase the risk for child maltreatment is low maternal education, single-parenthood, non-biological caregivers, and parental substance abuse (Harpur et al, 2015). In 2012, in the United States,

The case on "2 arrested in twisted, gruesome child abuse case; Corpse, starved teen and sick infant found" published by fox news on April 08th, 2015". The case shows how a couple Kellie Phillips and Jondrew Megil Lachaux abused two daughters a teenager and a three year old toddler. According to court records the couple took a trip eight months ago by taking five children along and leaving behind two daughters because their vehicle fully occupied; which is child abandonment. As the case unfolds the two children suffered abuses such as child abandonment/child neglect, sexual abuse/rape and murder.

More than 20,000 American children has thought to have been killed by their own family members over the past ten years. One of the worst records among industrialized nations that is losing on average almost five children everyday due to child abuse is the United States. The most recent report 2015 Child Maltreatment Report from The Children’s Bureau was published in January 2017. This document has stated that the number of child abuse cases has increased to 4 million from 3.6 million. 7.2 million children were involved in child abuse reports. The different kinds of child abuse are; neglect, physical, and verbal abuse.

Michelle Coleman is a 25-year-old Caucasian divorced mother of three children ranging from ages 1 to 6. She is currently receiving services at The Arc of Bradford. Michelle has been divorced from her ex-husband James for three months due to domestic violence. There has been several incidents reported to the police and she now has a standing restraining order against James, he is prohibited from seeing her and the children. Michelle and her three child have been receiving regular public assistance to include housing vouchers, food stamps, and she is also utilizing the TANF program to enable her in providing for the children without the assistance of ex-husband James. Michelle is a high school graduate but has never worked. With aid from the

In the article, “Child-Abuse Detective”, the author interviews Professor of Pediatrics Carole Jenny about her experience with linking youth injuries to child abuse. Professor Jenny and her fellow doctors discovered that in the past few years doctors have misdiagnosed childrens’ injuries and missed the abuse that caused the injuries. She and her peers worked unfunded in order to research this shocking fact and their discoveries were just as shocking. It was found that “abuse-related head injuries in babies and toddlers are misdiagnosed almost one-third of the time” that they were seen by doctors (“Child-Abuse Detective”, 1999).

The Journal of the American Professional on the Abuse of Children – peer review answers the urgent need for an interdisciplinary forum on child abuse and neglect. Child maltreatment expands its knowledge base through a multidisciplinary while embracing diverse professional and cultural identities (APSAC,2017). Nevertheless, child maltreatment provides a meeting place for professionals and policy makers from many disciplines.

Many children are forced to live with domestic violence because one of their parents refuses to leave the relationship. In cases of women being victims of domestic violence and failing to leave the male offender, the women are also identified as offenders and are charged with failing to protect their children from avoidable harm, regardless of the limited choices they have (Friend et al., 2008). Although domestic violence occurred in 35% of the 1,248 substantiated incidents of child maltreatment, only 31 couples were investigated for exposing a child to domestic violence or not protecting their children from the violence (Coohey, 2007). In Minnesota the parent is said to endanger the child’s mental or physical health when the child is exposed to domestic violence. When police are contacted about a domestic violence incident the investigators need to consider all types of failure to protect the child, as well as the likelihood of a domestic violence incident occurring again (Coohey, 2007). In order to determine if the children will be exposed to domestic violence in the future, the investigator needs to consider many variables. Such variables include a history of domestic violence and other types of child maltreatment, a willingness by the perpetrator to change his or her behavior, and if the perpetrator has the ability to change. Domestic

EREPORT # 19309 stated the following: The incident occurred approximately 1-2 weeks ago. It was reported on 2-23-2016. During a forensic Interview, Both Abigail and Kaylee disclosed physical abuse by their Grandfather, Randy, and their father, Nicholas. On 2-29-2016 the girls had a forensic interview. Detective Owensby asked Nicholas regarding the abuse. He stated his father, Randy, didn't choke the girls and he allegedly only spanked the girls once. The girls don't seem to have much respect for their dad. The child’s emotional state is sad and withdrawn. The dad responds by saying the girls have an attitude and makes excuses. The child has other special needs. On the date of the initial incident, Nicholas Foster was at his girlfriends and

Chronis reported that he has never been arrested. He stated that he has never had an Order of Protection against him. He indicated that he has taken out an Order of Protection against Ms. Chronis after the mother’s hospitalization. He indicated that the mother is not allowed near the home or the father’s work. Mr. Chronis stated that they are allowed to speak directly about the children. The father indicated that the family has been involved with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). He indicated that ACS came to their home from September to December, he does not know if the case was indicated against the

It has been pointed out that the lack of training for the people that are conducting forensic evaluations in these situations are hindering the process of the custody issues. These evaluators might feel that there is nothing wrong and that the child will be save with the parent that is being accused of violence. The children involved are either going to go along with the change in parenting or they are going to start resenting the parents because they have been put in a situation that they are not happy with. One mistake that an evaluator can make is to think that reports of a children’s abuse to Parental Alienation Syndrome (Geffner, Conradi, Geis & Aranda, 2009). Parental Alienation Syndrome is where one parent attempts to turn the child against the other parent. It is done to make the child feel like the other parent does not want them or that their parent does not care for them

Child maltreatment, whether it be in the form of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, is a multifaceted problem, the understanding of which requires identifying individual, family, social, and cultural related factors. Abuse survivors often have problems with interpersonal relationships, substance abuse, depression, and psychosocial functioning in general.

It was brought to my attention a class rep was chosen for this 6th grade class and the rep was not a parent of a child in the class. It was also discussed that this person was not a parent at the school, however, a relative of child at school.

Every parent’s nightmare is what happened between an unnamed mother’s son and his babysitter. The son, now 15, alleges that 33-year-old Bridgette Penn sexually molested him when he was around 10 or 11. Penn also allegedly touched the teen later in that same year. The teen had told his mother about the incident this past summer. Penn, who babysat the teen when he was younger, is currently being charged with 1st Degree Child Sexual Assault. The complaint was filed on Nov 2, 2017. The victim is currently undergoing counseling for depression.

In the sixth scenario case, a volunteer doctor at clinic finds a twelve year old girl to be preganant. In the case, the girl is crying when I, the CPS worker, arrive. Once the doctor talks to the girl about sexual abuse and if she was abused, the girl becomes agitated. Also, when the girl is asked about her home life, she says that she lives along with her father and that her mother is dead. As a CPS worker, or any individual, its strange to hear from the girl that her father calls her his “lady.” Calling her this term adds suspician as a father normally does not give his daughter that title. Even though her father denies sexual contact with the girl, he claims to have a buddy that often helps out and watches his daughter when the father is working an extra shift for more money.

INTRODUCTION: “Child Abuse occurs when a parent or a care taker physically, emotionally, or sexually mistreats or neglects a child resulting in the physical, emotional, or sexual harm or imminent risk of harm or exploitation, or in extreme cases the death of a child,” child abuse is a big deal because in today’s society many children face abuse, there are many effects and reasons as to why a child may be abuse.