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    Child abuse case study Definition Child abuse is defined as any sexual, physical or psychological mistreatment of a child, child abuse as any act or series of acts of omission or commission instituted by a parent or caregiver that directly results in harm or a threat of harm to the child in question, (Wikipedia, 2015) Child abuse can occur in a child 's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with, (Herrenkohl, 2005). There different way in which child can be abused

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    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

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    Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States David is a 10 years-old boy doing his homework at the kitchen table. The homework consisted of mathematical problems, a short reading and answer question, and memorizing the 50 Capitals of the United States. All the assignments for homework were due on Friday morning, so he quickly finished his homework so he could get to bed. Around 10:00 pm, David’s father came home from work, checked his son’s homework and saw many errors. He immediately went up to

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    What is child abuse? From the word “abuse” we can understand that it is some sort of a maltreatment of a child, causing harm and damage both to his physical and psychological well-being. At the Federal level, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) describes child abuse and neglect 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

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    Ptsd Child Abuse

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    In households where domestic abuse occurs, most often there are children in the home. Consider a cycle where a male child witnesses his father physically, verbally, and psychologically abusing his mother. The mother may a PTSD suffer from her abuse, there fore incapable or possibly prevented from providing comfort to her child. The father may abuse the child that would increase the PTSD symptoms. Without treatment for the child's PTSD compounded by what he learned from his parents, it is very likely

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    subjected to child abuse each year” (Cause and Effects). “Child abuse occurs when a parent or caretaker physically, emotionally, sexually, mistreats or neglects a child resulting in the physical, emotional, or sexual harm or exploitation, or imminent risk of harm or exploitation, or in extreme cases death of a child” (Child Safety). Child abuse is not only a sensitive subject but a complex one because of the long-term/ short-term effects and the difference between discipline and abuse. There is

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    1- Introduction A) Thesis statement • There are a lot of reports that talk about child abusing on media like newspapers and TV shows, and they are arguing about child regretting issue which includes 6.6 millions children each year. Parents should think about how to keep their children happy and safe. 2- Body1 • Physical abuse is considered as one of the most affected areas the exposed to the child’s body because of adult’s violence. When children are physical abused they will safer from fear,

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    Child Abuse When people see child abuse happening and don’t do anything about it, it does nothing to help stop it. Child abuse happens every single day whether it is physically, sexually, emotionally, or neglecting a child. In the United States, an average of more than 3 million child abuse reports are recorded every year and 4 to 7 children die every day because of this (source 5). Child abuse needs to stop. It is not right and it is one of the most brutal ways to hurt someone, especially

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    Introduction Child abuse is a serious concern of society because of the negative effects on later social and psychological functioning. Particularly, the concern of ‘the cycle of violence hypothesis’ which is one of the most influential conceptual models for antisocial behaviour in the social and behavioural science (DeLisi, Kosloski, Vaughn, Caudill, & Trulson, 2014; Lansford, Miller-Johnson, Berlin, Dodge, Bates, & Pettit, 2007). Numerous studies have documented the association between childhood

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    The terms abuse and neglect are often used homologous when in fact, neglect is abuse, but abuse does not always constitute neglect. To distinguish the two terms from each other, it is worthwhile to examine the legal definitions of these two terms. “Abuse is defined by any intentional act or threat that results in any harm to the child (childwelfare.gov, n.d.)” In contrast, “Neglect occurs when a child does not receive, or is kept from receiving the basic necessities, or lacks adequate safe housing

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