Preventing Child Abuse In Jail

In today’s society more and more children are experiencing the brokenness that comes alongside living in an abusive home. Child abuse has progressively become a widespread problem in the United States. Every day approximately five children die at the hands of an abuser, and every year more than three million reports of child abuse are made (Eads 2). The government has a system to assist those suffering from abuse, but with all the lacking factors, one wonders what beneficial help these children are receiving. As the numbers of children becoming victims of abuse are increasing, the valuable aspects of the child protection system are decreasing. Abuse and neglect are serious issues and impact children’s lives forever. The child protection system

There have been numerous studies throughout the decades regarding childhood victimization and how it relates to adult criminality. This report will summarize a few of these studies and compare their results in order to attempt to find a correlation between childhood abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse and adult criminals.

There are significant signs of psychological trauma due to any kind of abuse. Children experience feelings of low self esteem and depression. Many exhibit behavioral problems including aggression towards other children. Other emotional problems include hostility, fear, humiliation and the inability to express feelings. The social impacts of physical abuse include inability to form relationships, poor social skills, poor cognitive language skills, distrust of others, over-compliance with authority figures, and tendency to solve interpersonal problems with aggression. (2008, p. 1). Verbal and physical abuse has a cumulative impact on children’s socialization. Abused children are caught in damaged relationships and are not socialized in positive, supportive way (Craig & Dunn, Ex.: 2010, p. 196). They learn defiance, manipulation and other problem behaviors that are used to escape any maltreatment. In turn they will learn to exploit, degrade and terrorize.

The goal of this paper is to review a few research articles and determine three key points. In what way are the perpetrators most/least likely to be caught? Are those that have been abused more likely to abuse their own children? And lastly, in what other ways does undergoing abuse as a child affect their life as an adult?

Of the children who are abused “approximately five children will die everyday because of the abuse” (“11 facts...”) . This is a scary thought because abused children are more likely to have problems when they are older. According to Dosomething.org “in 2012, 82.2 percent of child abuse perpetrators were found to be between the ages of 18-44, of which 39.6 percent were between the ages of 25-34” (“11 facts...”). Neglect is also a form of child abuse, “in the United States more than 4 children die from abuse and neglect on a daily basis, and for those children over 70 percent of them are below the age of three” (“11 facts...”). People do not realize how common child abuse is, but “2.9 million cases are reported a year just for the United States”. “About 80 percent of 21 year olds met the criteria for at least one psychological disorder” (“ 11 facts...”) child abuse and neglect affects everyone differently, but most victims can say that it has impacted their lives tremendously. Not every person that has been a victim is in the statistics because some people can not say what

In my opinion, I think that parents that abused their children should serve time in prison for their behavior. I don’t think that any child deserves to be abused in any way shape or form. A child be abused can have long term effects on an individual. Also, I think that the child should be taken into social services to prevent the abuse from continuing. Child abuse usually starts with the parents. The reason is because many parents that abuse their children have been victims of abuse as well. In my opinion, I think that both physical and psychological abuse are terrible. Both types of abuse can cause long and short term effects on a child’s life. These long term affects can range from depression to low self-esteem. In addition, some consequences

As children, we are all disciplined, but some children receive more than just discipline; some are maltreated, abused, and are neglected. The need for child abuse prevention is noted as young victims do not necessarily cope well with their abuse and most never get over their assault. As part of the community, we should be seeking ways and looking into methods that can assist in the psychological well-being in children of abuse. This would mean that we must know when and at which stage of their life did these instances occur and whether it causes the start of a criminal lifestyle.

While the theoretical reasoning that supports the idea that child abuse often leads to crime gives a basis for the concept, much of the evidence that links the two lies in the concrete details. The visible effects of child abuse and neglect that assist with the basis that has been given by the psychological theories lies in observable behavioral and emotional effects of those who are known to have been subject to maltreatment as children. Some children who have a history with abuse do not experience any repercussions while others experience extreme consequences; this is largely because of the certain child’s ability to handle and grow from negative experiences (Child Welfare Information Gateway 3). Children who experience consequences

As a society, are we spending more money on the abuser’s rehabilitation and neglecting those free from moral wrong, who have been exposed to domestic violence? Some argue an innocent child is a prisoner of war, learning the business of abuse in their own home. Therefore, we cannot continue to disregard the children who are by default subjective to seeing domestic abuse, it will only allow them to continue the cycle as they enter adulthood.

Child abuse and neglect are considered a social phenomenon that plays a crucial role in American society as well as in the American criminal justice system. All types of ages, genders, ethnicities at some point or another are represented as victims or perpetrators of child abuse or neglect. Child abuse includes physical, psychological and sometimes sexual abuse to a person who is below the age of 18. Child abuse or neglect victims tend to grow up with long terms consequences such as low self-esteem, depression, and other major consequences such as engaging in criminal behavior as adults, teen pregnancy and not to mention the severity of physical child abuse consequences can end up in a death of an innocent victim. This literature

The subjects involved were of abused and/or neglected children that had gone through the juvenile or adult criminal court from 1967 to 1971. The sample consisted of 1196 subjects, 676 of the subjects had been abused and/or neglected, while 520 were the control subjects. The subjects of this case study were followed into their adulthood. The use of the prospective cohorts design permitted an analysis of the nature of these relationships longitudinally, while also controlling for relevant demographic variables.

In the United States, approximately 78 % of the allegations reported to child protection involve neglect; as compared with 18 % for physical abuse, 10 % for sexual abuse and 8 % for psychological/emotional maltreatment (Ryan, Joseph P) These high rates of abuse and neglect are often the beginning reasons why individuals at such a young age run into the issues they do in their growing up stages of life. Having such traumatic events happen to someone so young causes developmental problems. Behavior or injustices learned at such a young age are often reinitiated in the child’s behavior because it is all they know. When a child acts out in a negative or non-societal manner they then get punished or other punishments are handed down to them. Their behaviors and opinions merely mirror what they have been taught. They then began acting out because what they were taught to do, and how they were taught to act is getting them in more in trouble and it leads to continual behavior problems. I speak from first hand knowledge while working at the Humboldt County Juvenile Detention Facility for 6 months as a Correctional Officer and it became evident these kids didn’t know why they were in there and rather than rehabilitate they were punished and given no guidance. That in it self is neglect and abuse. The monitoring or supervising of a child is contributory to their advancement towards offending. (Ryan, Joseph P) As children grow older and as the time increment of

Child abuse is an issue that’s going on every day. Child abuse is defined as harmful behaviors against children which can become psychological. Child abuse includes different conditions. It can harm children and teenagers in different ways, including being abused sexually, physically abused, child neglect, emotional neglect and abuse, and failure to thrive. These conditions can effect a child or a teenager’s in different ways. It can interfere with the way the child turns out to be in the future. Children and teenagers are usually abused because the abuser, was abused as a child. In some cases, the abuser didn’t develop characteristics or have the education and skills needed to raise a child. Child abuse has it causes as well as its effects. It is up to the citizens to come up with solutions to stop such unhealthy problem.

In society today, abused kids are being abandoned and disowned. Child abuse is wrong and against the law, it is also intentional an unintentional mistreatment of a child. There are four common child abuse which includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional or as other researchers might say psychological abuse. Child abuse is not only by the parents but other family members, friends of a friend, teachers even someone the child met outside of their home can abuse a child. Children who are abused no matter which four of the common abuse, there are it could result to a lack of care and more at risk for deviant behavior. Children who are abused can also become victims of themselves later in life. It's kind of hard to recognize when a child has been abused. Children who are abused sometimes could be scared that they will be blamed or no one will believe them. Other times the person who abused them is someone they love and care deeply about so they want to protect them. Child abuse is a global problem that is deeply rooted in cultural, economic an social practice. Child abuse has serious physical and psychosocial consequences which adversely affect the health an overall a well being of a child. This is a value oriented problem that society has a responsibility to address. Child abuse is disturbing social issue in several countries today. The abuse that a child goes through no matter if it's physical, sexual, neglect etc, it could leave many negative effects on the

In a child’s ecological system, the microsystem is important because it has direct contact with the child. The microsystem can include school, church, family, friends etc. The role of the community sets as a form of “surveillance” and “safe house” for children when they face any maltreatment. Individuals in the community should know and have a clear understanding on child abuse is and what to do when they suspicious or known there is a child abuse happening. According to Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal, “there are around 235,315 child investigations about child abuse and neglect in 2003, where almost 50% of them were confirmed” ("Frequently Asked Questions”). The community needs to understand how important to protect the children and are willing to put effort to stop the abuse. Also, letting individuals need to understand how serious and long-term effect