The Impact of Mass Communication to Child Abuse
As most of us know child abuse is simply the physical, sexual, emotional mistreatment or neglect of children.
The CDC which is also known as the centre for disease control and prevention define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or potential of harm or threat of harm to a child.
Most of the time child abuse occurs in a child’s home, with a smaller amount occurring in the organization, schools or communities the child interacts with.
• The physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect of children
Have a long record history and are the main four categories of child abuse.
Children are often sexually assaulted, that they reported honestly about their abuse. And in most cases the people who usually abuse the children are
• The children’s fathers
• Their uncles
• And at times even their older brothers.
Just to mention a few.
Different jurisdictions have developed their own definition of what constitutes child abuse for the purposes of removing a child from his or her family or prosecuting a criminal charge according to the journal of child abuse and neglect, child abuse is any recent act or failure to act on the part of the parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.
The categories can be individually defined as:
NEGLECT
This is where the responsible adult fails to provide adequately for various needs including physical, emotional, education or medical.
PHYSICAL ABUSE
This is physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. It can involve punching, striking, kicking, shoving, burning, bruising and there are many more. Today a lot of nations with child abuse laws consider the infliction of physical injuries or actions that place the child in obvious risk of serious danger or death to be illegal the use of any kind of force against children as a displinary is illegal in
The CDC which is also known as the centre for disease control and prevention define child maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or potential of harm or threat of harm to a child.
Most of the time child abuse occurs in a child’s home, with a smaller amount occurring in the organization, schools or communities the child interacts with.
• The physical abuse
• Sexual abuse
• Emotional abuse
• Neglect of children
Have a long record history and are the main four categories of child abuse.
Children are often sexually assaulted, that they reported honestly about their abuse. And in most cases the people who usually abuse the children are
• The children’s fathers
• Their uncles
• And at times even their older brothers.
Just to mention a few.
Different jurisdictions have developed their own definition of what constitutes child abuse for the purposes of removing a child from his or her family or prosecuting a criminal charge according to the journal of child abuse and neglect, child abuse is any recent act or failure to act on the part of the parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.
The categories can be individually defined as:
NEGLECT
This is where the responsible adult fails to provide adequately for various needs including physical, emotional, education or medical.
PHYSICAL ABUSE
This is physical aggression directed at a child by an adult. It can involve punching, striking, kicking, shoving, burning, bruising and there are many more. Today a lot of nations with child abuse laws consider the infliction of physical injuries or actions that place the child in obvious risk of serious danger or death to be illegal the use of any kind of force against children as a displinary is illegal in