The Effects Of Physical Abuse On Children

Everyday there are children being abused by someone who is supposed to protect them. An estimated 905,000 children were victims of child abuse or neglect in 2006(Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2008). In 1996, more than three million victims of suspected abuse were reported to child protective services agencies in the United States (Baker, 2002). The numbers have changed and still many cases of abuse go unreported. The number of incidences of child abuse rises when the family is under stress, such as being in our economy. The effects of physical abuse can last a lifetime and are measured by the physical, psychological, behavioral, or social outcomes. Normal physical abuse scenario involves a parent who loses control and lashes

The United States has been fighting the war against child abuse since the first case of child abuse in 1874 that included a child being beaten and chained against her will (Meadows, 2014). Many people hear the words child abuse and think of physical abuse. While, many people are correct in thinking of physical abuse, an “Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE)” study done by the CDC shows that although physical abuse is the leading form of child abuse, emotional or psychological abuse is the second leading form of child abuse (2014). Although one would think sexual abuse along with physical abuse would be the prominent form of abuse, this is not the case. One of the major reasons emotional neglect is more prominent than sexual abuse is due to the fact that emotional abuse is not being overlooked as often as it used to. In fact, it is now being seen as the gateway to physical and sexual abuse (Garbarino, Guttman, & Seeley, 1988). The amounts of consequences that come from being abused as a child are countless as well as life changing, some of these life-changing effects were identified by the CDC as drug abuse, sexual transmitted diseases, suicidal thoughts, and difficulty learning (2014).

It 's difficult to comprehend that an adult, often a parent or caregiver, would intentionally hurt an infant or child. Yet nearly a million children are abused in the United States. Unfortunately that excludes children who 's incidents of child abuse are unreported and undetected. Child abuse can be defined differently from state to state, but commonly presents in the form of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, neglect and abandonment. The focus of this review is physical abuse, which is defined as non-accidental physical injury, from bruising to fractures to the most serious cases of abuse ending in death (Sink, Hyman, Matheny, Georgopoulos & Kleinman, 2010).

Back in the day there were not as many child protecting laws and assisting facilities like there are today. In 1960’s there was very little information as it relates to child abuse. A Canadian psychologist by the name of William L. Marshall said, “you could read all the information in one morning. With the lack of information there was no way for individuals to readily identify what constituted as child abuser. Child abuse before 1875 was in fact the era before child services were created to protect the children.

One of the rising issues among children in our society today is the verbal and physical abuse they

This article paper aims at providing an overview of the article “The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect: a systematic review and meta-analysis” by Norman, et.al. The research aims at highlighting the evidence that relates child physical and sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect with the subsequent mental and physical health outcomes. Child physical abuse, emotional violence, sexual assault, and neglect are some of the most severe concerns affecting children and our society as a whole. These behaviors have adverse short-term and long-term physical and psychological effects on children. The study of child physical and sexual abuse by sociologists has intensified in the recent past as sociology of childhood has emerged as a crucial area of study. Sociology of childhood emphasizes the role played by communities and different cultures in shaping and defining childhood experiences.

Physical abuse to a child is defined as a deliberate attempt to hurt or physically harm of the child. Child abuse is always a fearful thing for a child to go through. Children should not be beaten to death for no reason especially when it has nothing to do with them. In the article Child Physical Abuse, it explains, “Non-accidental trauma or physical injury caused by punching, kicking, or otherwise harming a child...” this quote helps to understand what extreme child abuse really is. (Child). Child Physical Abuse also states that “in 2001 only approximately 903,000 children were confirmed victims of maltreated abuse and an estimated of 1,321 children died as a result of abuse” (Child). This statement should alarm the population of how severe physical abuse towards a child can be. Children should not be dying due to abuse from parents.

Although child abuse and neglect has been and continues to be a major societal issue, it only attracted major attention through the pivotal work of Kempfe, Silverman, Steele, Droegmueller and Silver (1962) who coined the term, “the battered- child syndrome” (Krug, 2002). This term was used to define children who have been subjected to mild to serious physical abuse from their parent/carer on one or multiple occasions (Kempfe et al., 1962) and lay the foundations of what is today defined as “child abuse and neglect” (child maltreatment). Child maltreatment predominantly falls under four categories - physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and neglect (Garbarino, Guttmann, & Seeley, 1986; Matthews, 2014a; Goldsworthy, 2015). Given that

Just the thought of physical abuse is something that makes chills goes down your spine. Physical abuse is one of the painful actions that is in the U.S is happening to millions of families worldwide. It is mostly due to the fact that the male of the house is coming home intoxicated with the intentions of hurting his spouse. 1 in 3 women are victims of physical abuse in their household. This brutal action has lead many women to their breaking point and even death. Men/women who commits domestic violence does so with the intent to have control of both the other person and the relationship.

Physical abuse and neglect is a social concern that continues to affect vulnerable children that are exposed within their living environment. This issue has become a priority by public health agencies to protect children from being victimized in their surroundings. Such exposure at an early age may cause negative future consequences in teenage years into adulthood when treatment is neglected or prevented. Emotional abused, maltreatment, sexual abuse, are categories of physical abuse and neglect. A child that is exposed can experience substantial risk

Abuse is classified in four categories: neglect, physical, sexual, and emotional. In 2003, Al Ellard, Mary Lou Schilling and Cheryl Geisthardt expressed their view on child abuse in “Preventing Child Abuse in Recreation,” by illustrating neglect as being a continuous failure to provide a child with basic physical and psychological needs such as food, clothing, shelter, health care, education, and supervision (60). Melinda Smith and Jeanne Segal define “Child Abuse and Neglect. Recognizing, Preventing, and Reporting Child Abuse,” physical abuse as giving a child intentional physical injuries, especially if the injuries require medical treatment or, injuries inflicted as a consequence of physical punishment. Abuse can also take place when a parent

Physical abuse is considered to occur, “when a child undergoes or presents with a serious risk of being subjected to physical violence or when he or she is faced with unreasonable disciplinal methods” (Fontaine & Nolin, 2012). “Since physical abuse is a violent action, it is often believed that its effects are easier to detect” (Fontaine & Nolin, 2012). This particular article also compared physical abuse to neglect. The article stated that, “Neglect is defined as a lack of action or attention, and is the most common form of child maltreatment” (Fontaine & Nolin, 2012). Another article defined physical abuse as, “the use of physical force against children and subjecting them to hard work that exceed their capabilities, actions that result in

Major forms of child abuse and their effects on the victim can be, physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect abuse. Physical abuse, also known as the main abuse for the victim, is defined as the use of physical force that may result in bodily injury, phy pain, or impairment. Physical abuse may include but is not limited to such acts of violence as striking (with or without an object), hitting, pushing, shoving, slapping, kicking, pinching, and burning to the child. The article, “Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect (2016)” by an unknown author, believes that the physical abuse on the child is always obvious. However, there are times when the abuser is careful not to leave marks or injuries that are visible that the abuser is not caught. The unknown

Child abuse and neglect happens in a variety of situations, for an array of reasons. Children are infrequently subject to one form of abuse at a time. Adults can experience a range of psychological, emotional and social problems associated to childhood abuse. Emotional abuse may be similarly harmful to a child as physical abuse and neglect, some people also say, sexually abused children are typically: mistreated in other ways as well. Some scholars discovered physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect were same insults that affect wide-ranging psychiatric vulnerabilities. Child maltreatment had equal consequences for boys and girls of different races. Importantly, non-sexual child maltreatment harmfully influenced two dimensions of a child’s

Throughout the course of history, millions of children have been victims of physical abuse; it has been shown that the effects of this abuse can profoundly influence ones mental and physical health in the span of his or hers life.