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    TITLE: The Consequences of Exposure to “Physical Abuse” and “Neglect” in Young Adults Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviour Problems within the Environment. INTRODUCTION: 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

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    In the film Precious, this movie discuses a lot of maltreatment and physical abuse. This movie is by far one of the worse because it deals with mistreatment and negative talk on an innocent teenager who wants to be all that she can be, but she is insulted and told differently. Although it may be a bad movie, I always hope that this will inspire other people like Precious to speak out on what they are going through. There is a lot of drugs being used in the home and just plain out disrespect. Claireece

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    Physical abuse includes the physical assault, battery, and sexual assault used as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. Physical abuse can cause severe injury and even death. It often co-occurs with other forms of abuse, including psychological abuse, economic abuse, and stalking. There are a broad range of behaviours that come under the heading of physical abuse including actions such as punching; slapping; hitting; biting; pinching;

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    Child Abuse: Physical, Mental,Emotional and Sexual Abuse What is Child Abuse? Child abuse is the deliberate and willful injury of a child by an adult or guardian; hitting, beating, slamming against an object, or maybe even killing (According to the writer of The Free Dictionary.com). It involves active, hostile, aggressive treatment. The key word in the definition of child abuse is deliberate. Why would anyone physically harm a child? The physical destruction of a child is the extreme reaction of

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    the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) physical child abuse occurs when a parent or caregiver commits an intentional act that results in physical injury to a child or adolescent, such as red marks, cuts, welts, bruises, muscle sprains, or broken bones. Physical abuse can occur when physical punishment goes too far or a parent acts out in anger. Even corporal punishment that do not result in physical injury are considered physical abuse and are outlawed in some states. Children of all ages

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    Child abuse is all over the world in every state and in a big percentage of homes. Abuse is more than just physically touching a child. It’s talking down to a child to where they don’t care anymore, and when someone is touching a child in sexual ways. The thing about abuse, no matter what type it is they all tie together somehow. Physical, sexual, and mental abuse is known more common in teens and goes unspoken more than people realize and they don’t even know it’s happening around them. Physical

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    Physical Child Abuse

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    This article connects physical child abuse with violent behavior. Children are sponges therefore, they soak up everything that they come into contact with. When a child is a victim to child abuse they have the tendency to become violent and get involve with illegal activity. “Abused children will learn that the world is a hostile place (e.g., Dodge, Bates, and Pettit 1990) and will act accordingly.” (Savage, Palmer, Martin 2014) Therefore abused children will take a physical approach towards problems

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    Effects of Physical Child Abuse Why do folks abuse their child or children? Child abuse includes physical mistreatment and neglect, and happens everywhere throughout the world. These poor little kids are being hit, kicked, poisoned, burned, slapped, or having objects thrown at them. At the point when a child encounters physical child abuse, the wounds runs genuinely deep. Abusing children is the last thing an adult should do to a child because they can either become broken, bitter, or hollow. Authorized

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    mistreatment involves any intentional or negligent act caused by a person that causes harm or risks the harm of a defenseless adult. The abuse can occur at home or in long-term care settings such as nursing homes, adult family homes, and group homes. There are various types of elder mistreatment, however physical abuse is reported more frequently. Physical abuse is purposely causing pain and injury through slapping, hitting, and malnutrition. Neglect occurs when a person refuses or fails to fulfill

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    Child Physical Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency Introduction According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, child abuse and maltreatment roughly doubles the probability that an individual engages in many types of crime (Picker, 2014). More specifically, it is noted that those who experience physical abuse as a child are 30% more likely than their counterparts to commit violent crimes as a juvenile (Wisdom and Maxfield, 2001). Physical abuse of a child may include but is not limited to injuries

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