Rediscovery Child Abuse

Child abuse is the physical maltreatment of a child. There are several types of child abuse. Child abuse is not acceptable in any form. Child neglect is a major social problem. Child abuse is reported about every 10 seconds. Many people believe that child abuse happens with strangers, but it mostly occurs in the family. Child abuse occurs within a cycle of violence. This cycle continues from adult to child & so on. The types of abuse are, physical, emotional, sexual abuse, and neglect. The most common type of abuse is emotional abuse.

People need to be more aware about child abuse. Child abuse is a terrible thing to do to children. Child abuse is when a parent whether through action or failing to act, injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many types of abuses. There are physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Physical abuse is making contact with the child. Sexual abuse is when a child is used for sexual acts or sexual purposes. Emotional abuse is when a child is affected by mental and by emotions. Each abuse as a percentage that was been reported. For physical abuse is 28.6% of adults report being physically abused as a child. Sexual abuse 20.7% of adults report being sexually abused as a child. Emotional abuse 10.6% of adults report being emotionally abused as a child.

Dave Pelzer (author of A Child Called “It”) states, “Childhood should be carefree, playing in the sun; not living a nightmare in the darkness of the soul” (Pelzer 98). Although true there are still thousands of children in America that never get out of their nightmares. In America, a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds. That means roughly 3.1 million child abuse reports are made year round in just the United States. Neglect is just one of the forms of child abuse. The difference is that child neglect is defined as the failure to provide basic needs, while child abuse is defined-by the U.S, Government-as actions that result in death or physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. Children also experience physical, sexual, and emotional

In the article, “Experiencing Child Abuse,” Dr. Kinard sought to understand the potential effects that physical abuse might have on the child’s emotional adjustment and development. In the introduction, Dr. Kinard expresses that her paper is going to explore the impact of the abuse experience of children, as well as subsequent interventions on the emotional development of the abused children. Though she states that during her research she tested both abused and non-abused children the research and findings that she will discuss, are only pertaining to the sample of child abuse victims. There was no clear hypothesis stated within the introduction.

Furthermore, a child abuser shouldn't be able to speak for themselves because they have caused the child to have emotional problems that deal with their behavior. Emotional abuse deals with the parent or guardians neglecting the child making them feel worthless, verbally assaulting them and even ignoring them is considered emotional abuse. The reason why emotional abuse occurs is because some parents/guardians feel stressed and may have poor parenting skill causing them to mistreat their child. Another reason is they were mistreated as a child as well causing them to do the same to their child, but this still is no reason for a person to hurt a child and get away with it. In an article Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned by Douglas Besharov states that just as physical abuse is an assault on the child's body, emotional abuse is an assault on the child's psyche. Children who are being abused constantly in an emotional way suffer just as much as if they were being

If child maltreatment could be reduced, the prevalence of mental disorders, drug use, suicide attempts, sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual behavior would decrease, which is my second hypothesis (Norman et al., 2012). It would also be beneficial to strengthen child protection systems in school and the community so people can learn how to identify and be aware of the warning signs of child maltreatment (Jewkes et al., 2010). In addition, there should be more services to children who are recovering from child maltreatment to help with their emotional and psychological needs (Jewkes et al., 2010).

Child Abuse is defined as the “physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child or children.” It is reported that there are 6 million reported cases of child abuse each year, yet, there has been a long held debate on whether children can be key witnesses in their own criminal court abuse cases due to their credibility and memory. It also can hurt the child mentally, whether it benefits the judicial system or not. There are several instances why this hypothesis is extremely plausible. Through this literature review, it would be shown that the treatment of children as witnesses can weaken their testimony, the entire process of children going through the legal system is traumatic, and there are also measures that can be taken to reduce these traumatic effects.

Abused child survivors will step into adulthood one day. If the mental scars were not treated when young, it will cause many issues in the long run. For instance, an untreated abuse child might repeat the cycle of what they experience during their childhood and in the end, creating an endless cycle of child abuse. Therefore, the purpose of this is to remind people that child abuse is still happening and its rate is increasing. Government and society must take this issue seriously and put it as a one of the “top priorities”. Informing and teaching the public to recognize and know what to do when suspect or know of a child abuse case that is happening around their

Firstly, I must remain calm, gather some facts from the child, observe any signs of physical abuse, listen carefully

The morning of 1-12-16, Trey was slammed to the floor by his mother (Charlotte). He has a huge swollen left eye, with red marks on it. Charlotte choked him and stated she wanted to strangle him. The reporter did not observe any marks around his neck. Trey has a busted lip on the left side, and it bled into his hands. The incident occurred because he put on the same shirt he had on 1-12-16. Trey stated the shirt was clean, and he dad would do the same (put on the same shirt). He was crying at school, and stated he mother was very angry, and did not say she was

The phenomenon today known as Child Abuse did not receive an appropriate amount of attention until approximately the mid 1900’s. When professionals began to review the history of child abuse they discovered some interesting findings. Starr (1988) states that our concern with abuse goes back to approximately 1945, when pediatricians began to speculate that many of the injuries they treated were inflicted by the children’s parents. “Professionals and the general public did not begin to seriously consider child abuse as a problem until Kempe coined the phrase ‘the battered child’ in order to shock apathetic professionals” (Kempe, Silverman, Steele, Droegemueller, & Silver, 1962). This article was somewhat of an awakening for the states to take serious note of the child abuse dilemma in

In today’s society, not many people actually realize how many children are abused. Seeing a bruise on a child’s side can be covered up with a simple lie. A child who is upset for most of the day, “he wasn’t raised right.” Society is so caught up in trying to raise children, and not actually taking care of them. Child abuse is more common now because it comes in more than a single form. Abuse can come in any form, from physical, mental, or even sexual. These children are the future generation, yet we can’t even open our eyes to notice just how wrong we treat them.

One of the worst and the most inhuman crimes discussed by the civic societies is child abuse because of the serious impacts of this evil on the victim as well as the society as a whole. Children are vulnerable to abuses of various kinds and magnitudes as their exposure to unsafe conditions at households, schools or other organized groups are generally free from the social surveillance and the perceived moral justice norms. Although the number and frequency may vary with the differences in legislature and cultural standards among the societies, each case of child abuse is a direct hit on the face of the constitutional prestige of every country. The social horror of child abuse should be prevented by the strict enforcement of laws by the concerned authorities with the association of the conscious public to protect the innocence of children.

When the abuse is coming from the parent it is due to when either the father or

Tom Vanden Brook and Ray Locker recently wrote an article in USA Today from a research prospective titled “Study finds more child abuse in homes of returning vets”. The article examined a study conducted by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia that looked at 112,000 soldiers and their families between the years of 2001 and 2007. Since life-threatening child abuse occurs most often in infants, the children in the study were two years old or younger. The study found that elevated stress of a soldier returning home increased the risk of child abuse in the home, especially for the soldiers who were deployed more frequently. Surprisingly, the study found that the perpetrator of abuse was not the veteran in most cases; it was another caregiver. This showed that the cause of child abuse in veterans’ homes was not limited to the soldier’s experience and stress following deployment, but also included stress the family experiences when a soldier returns home. This article stresses the need for services and support for soldiers and their families such as parenting instruction, childcare, and classes to ease a soldier’s transition home. Increased child abuse in the homes of veterans is a current social problem that impacts a considerable number of families in our society.