Physical Abuse Case Study

Abuse is behaviour towards a person which deliberately or unintentionally causes harm to them. It is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights and in the worst cases can result in death.

Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, through action or failure to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. According to The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, at a minimum, child abuse and neglect is defined as, "Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation"; or "An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm (Children 's Bureau, 2010)." The law recognizes a child as being any person who is under the age of 18. The law is broken into 2 sections, and each section treats the idea of child maltreatment in different ways. Criminally, those who abuse children are able to be arrested and prosecuted in court. Civil statutes say that people who suspect a child of being abused are mandated to identify and report it.

When in a health and social care environment the service providers need to make sure service that the users, using the service are being treated in the right way. If this is not ensured it could result to the service users being abused, treated differently due to vulnerability. Other reasons that may result to poor treatment are: different social classes, different social statuses and many more, this may vary depending on the situation.

The team of individuals who will lead this work include Baonam Giang, NMAFC’s Victim Services Coordinator; AnhDao Bui, Social Services Director; Kay Bounkeua, Interim Director, and Sarah Lau, Fiscal Manager. Mr. Giang was the sole creator of NMAFC’s men group and helps to coordinate all victims’ services at the agency, in addition to running a tae kwon do class for Asian youth. Mr. Giang has two years of formal training and experience on addressing gender violence. Before Mr. Giang, there has never been a Pan-Asian men’s group in Bernalillo County working to address gender violence within local Asian communities. As domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of violence are still extremely taboo topics for Asian communities, the formation alone of this group with regular attendees

The school called the reporter (mother) because of the children behaviors. The reporter states Ke'eric has ADHD, and he has been acting out. She could not get to the school, and she called Alvin to go to the school for her. Alvin removed the children from school, took them home and whipped (beat) them with an extension cord. Ke'eric has bruises on his back, under his butt area. Taylissa has bruises on the side of her hip, by her butt area, as well as one of her arms. The children are dark skinned and the bruises are seen. The reporter states she does not have a problem with Alvin whipping the kids, but it is how he did it and the object he used that bothers her. Alvin is not fully involved in the children lives, and would hardly see them. Alvin

On October 25, 2016, Maritza Contreras (Mother) reported suspicious looking bruises on her daughter Rayna Interiano-Gomez a second grader at Cora Kelly School. Reyna had spent the weekend with her father and the mother reported conflicting with the father as to the way he disciplines their daughter.

Reporter noted Kaleb and the other children were left in the care of the boyfriend (Markquis) on yesterday (03/23/16) while the mother was at work. Reporter noted the mother (Anndras) was trying to but Kaleb in the bathtub, but Markquis didn’t want her to do so. Reporter noted the mother noticed when she took his clothes there were whelps all over his body. Reporter noted its unknown if the mother asked the boyfriend what happened but the other kids states he whooped all of them but Kaleb got it worse. Reporter noted the mother did not take the child to the ER but she did leave the home. Reporter noted this is not the first time she has witnessed any marks or bruises on Kaleb. Reporter noted the dad side of the family was contacted. Reporter

Domestic violence is an epidemic in our society with dramatic, negative effects on individuals, families and communities. Domestic violence is a crime that knows no economic, racial, ethnic, religious, age or gender limits. Women who are victims of domestic violence most likely are also victims of sexual assault and, stalking. A domestic violence victim may experience systematic rape in addition to physical and psychological abuse. According to Backman, (p.54) nearly one in every four women are beaten or raped by a partner during adulthood. Three women are killed by a current or former intimate partner each day in America, on average women are at an increased risk of harm shortly after separation from an abusive partner.

The child came to school on 8/24/17, with a red, darken bruise on the left side of her nose going across her face. The child was a blue compact that she had to put on her face. She said her mom (Erica) told her to tell someone to put it in the freezer. The child told the secretory (Ms. Gant) that a boy did not outside. Later, the child told the reporter that her mom whooped her last night, 8/23/17. She said the belt hit her in the face while she was moving. The child said mom whooped her because her sister kept coming in the room turning the light on and off. Reporter believes the story is not adding up. The child has not history of pass abuse. Unknown if there is any drug use in the home. Reporter stated the child’s dress did not look clean

REPORTER: The reporter/Counselor (Marilyn) called with concerns for the victim, Jerrik. The reporter said the victim came to school late today (8/28/2015), but he was fine. According to Marilyn, the victim was messing with his arms and the teacher (Tabitha) asked the child “what was wrong”, and the victim had bruises on both of his upper arms. The bruises “looked like finger prints” (were not dark marks). After the victim showed the teacher his arms, he then said “look” and “pulled up his shirt, “there were two big bandages covering up the burn marks” in the middle of his back. The teacher asked the victim what happen and he said “I got my butt whooped”. At 11:24am on 8/28/2015, the reporter was called back, and she said the child stated that

Carers in Oban house care home in Croydon were recorded in around 2012 to be ignoring bedridden 98-year-old Yvonne Grant cries for help for2 ½ hours despite her calling for assistance 321 times including 45 requests to be taken to the toilet. When a carer finally acknowledged her cries, she told Yvonne to use incontinence pads which was something that Yvonne wasn’t comfortable with doing. Staff then tried to make her walk to the toilet but when she was unable to; they dropped her roughly back on to the bed. Yvonne had been living in the care home since 2010 and during the last years of her life her family began to worry about the quality of care that she was receiving with staff ignoring any concerns that the family had. The family also stated that there was something incorrect with staffs attitudes and quality of nursing. Yvonne’s granddaughter Vanessa Evans hid a camera in her room on three occasions after concerns about bruising on Yvonne’s hands and making mistakes with medication. When the family revealed that they had been recording the abuse and neglect they stated that she gave up on life two days after. Yvonne died in January 2013 due to the lack of care she received. The family passed the video evidence on to the CQC who then launched an investigation.

Characteristics include; bruising on parts of the body (trunk, face , upper arms or any other unusual places), burns, bite marks, fractures (particularly spinal). In under twos you may also notice swelling, an inability to move limbs that they should be able to move, unexplained injuries, reoccurring injuries, withdraws from physical contact (flinching or a fear of adults), the child may also wear “cover up” clothing.

REPORTER: The reporter/Counselor (Kimberly) and Administrator (Fanesha) called with concerns for the victim, Rodrique. According to the reporters, on Monday (8/17/2015) an incident occurred on the school bus. The reporter spoke with the victim at 1:04pm on yesterday (8/18/2015), and he said the bus driver (unknown) pushed on breaks and a trashcan moved and hit another student. The bus driver thought the victim threw the trashcan. When the bus driver got to the victim's stop, he told Mark (Sister's boyfriend) the victim threw the trash can. Around 5:00pm, the boyfriend began to yell at the child and he went and sat on the porch to do his homework. Mark told the victim to get out of the home, and he threw his backpack into a ditch, while it was raining outside.

http://paperrater.comRespondent denies that she made any of the vile racist statements Complainants have alleged and asserts that the only reason that she visited Complainants on December 3, 2016, was because of text messages of noise complaints she from tenant Christina Santoro, who lives directly below Complainants. Respondent states that Santoro’s text messages described three days and nights of domestic violence. Respondent states that her goal was to re-establish peace in the building and reiterate the rules and regulations to Complainants about the noise.

How can it be it be possible for someone to suffer from emotional abuse during their lifetime? Every day numerous cases of emotional abuse go unreported because most individuals who experience this type of abuse are not aware that this is happening in their life. It can actually seem ordinary at first. Emotional abuse can sneak up like an odorless gas.