Child Abuse
Child abuse is the physical, sexual, emotional, mistreatment, and the act to a child. “Child abuse and neglect is a widespread problem in American society; child of any age, sex, race, religion and socioeconomic background can fall victim to maltreatment” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999, p. 1). Child abuse that happens to children took place during the biblical and mythological times. “It would suffice to recall the stories of Abraham and Isaac, Moses and Medea, and King Nimrod of Babylon who began the “slaughter of the innocence” that killed 70,000 newborns (Solomon, 1973, p. 773). Killing defective children was something that would happen through a ceremony called Wasser weihe. The father of the child would decide if to kill a newborn child or not. This happened regular in several cultures, including “Eskimo, Polynesian, Egyptian, African, American Indian, and Australian” (Solomon, 1973, p. 773).
The child abuse started with urbanization, industrialization, and different types of technologies. Children started to be looked at differently and became very valuable and an asset to the whole society. During the nineteenth century the safety of a child had been recognized in the United States from a group that was called The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). During 1974 it was decided to establish The Child Abuse and Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). The Emergency Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services Program were formed, and there were grants provided to help support different programs. It was “four sub-categories: comprehensive emergency services, public information and education, improvement of services to substance abuse-affected families, and multi-disciplinary/interdisciplinary training” (Department of Health and Human Services, 1999, p. 1). During 1983 April became the month for National Child Abuse Prevention month. There was a 20th anniversary that took place in 2003. There was a Federal
The child abuse started with urbanization, industrialization, and different types of technologies. Children started to be looked at differently and became very valuable and an asset to the whole society. During the nineteenth century the safety of a child had been recognized in the United States from a group that was called The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). During 1974 it was decided to establish The Child Abuse and Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA). The Emergency Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services Program were formed, and there were grants provided to help support different programs. It was “four sub-categories: comprehensive emergency services, public information and education, improvement of services to substance abuse-affected families, and multi-disciplinary/interdisciplinary training” (Department of Health and Human Services, 1999, p. 1). During 1983 April became the month for National Child Abuse Prevention month. There was a 20th anniversary that took place in 2003. There was a Federal