report it to the Child Abuse Hotline as we had reasonable suspicion of abuse. We decided to this because the child was fearful of attending school and although we understood that this was not abuse that occurred in the home we felt it best to report. Although when abuse occurs outside of the home must be reported to the police we felt that it would be best to be report to the hotline so that if another similar situation arises there are past reports. We made the report to the Child Abuse Hotline and immediately
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obligation to report child abuse to the officials in the area. Mandated reporting laws are not applicable in all states‚ however‚ a federal law governing the country surpasses any policy of state. So while some states‚like Maryland‚ do not have penalties for failure to report crimes against children‚ it is still covered under federal statute. So in all of the states and territories of the U.S have enacted criminal punishment for failure to report the abuse and/or exploitation of a child. Twenty States
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Olethia Curry Professor Benjamin English 112 November 10‚ 2013 Childhood Obesity: Is It A Form of Child Abuse? Childhood obesity is a huge problem in the United States. It is known as a serious medical condition that causes other medical problems. Obesity is generally caused by genetics‚ certain illnesses‚ and uncontrolled behavior or overeating. According to the Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)‚ “Childhood obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. It affects more than 30 percent of
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rapid succession as for punishment.” In reality Spanking should not be considered as a child abuse. It should only be considered an abuse based on how it is issued. Parents are not supposed to beat their child on the head or in the face. If that happens‚ it will cause injury to the child‚ which will be termed as an abuse. First of all‚ it is not any parent will to develop hatred towards his or her own child‚ but it is the behavior of the kids that will lure their parents to beating them. There are
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2017‚ Bronx Child Abuse Squad was notified through an IRT of a (six) week old child with serious injuries‚ not likely who was being medically evaluated at Montefiore Hospital. Investigator’s responded and interviewed medical staff. Doctors indicated the complainant had two skull fractures‚ two broken ribs and possible medical condition. MRI was conducted showing no injuries to the child’s brain‚ no subdural hematoma and no sub arachnoid hemorrhaging. Ophthalmologist examined the child and did not
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Every year more than three million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than six million children.Child abuse is found to be linking to emotional and physical troubles of the offender. Child abuse is a growing concern because the affected children are more likely to commit crimes because it causes long term emotional and physical damage. Most people have noticed that crime rates have seen a significant increase in the past few years; but would you believe that it
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Should drug abuse by pregnant women be considered child abuse? What is drug abuse? Drug abuse is a pattern of use of a substance that is not considered dependant‚ mean using a drug that is not prescribed to you. Abuse of drugs or alcohol by parents and other caregivers can have negative effects on the health‚ safety‚ and well-being of children. People tend to try drugs once and then again and that’s how they become addicted. People that are strained out on drugs usually need a lot of help. The
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Consequentialism is frequently criticized on a number of grounds. Two of these are particularly apt for revealing the temptations motivating the alternative approach to deontic ethics that is deontology. The two criticisms pertinent here are that consequentialism is‚ on the one hand‚ overly demanding‚ and‚ on the other hand‚ that it is not demanding enough. The criticism regarding extreme demandingness runs like this: for consequentialists‚ there is no realm of moral permissions‚ no realm of going
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Human Service Child abuse relates closely to human service due to the fact that this is a helping field which involves children and family. Human service works to improve the quality of life and well-being of individual. Human service offer services that works closely with counseling‚ therapy and social justice. As a human service profession you are told to put human being first and always address the most important concerns first. You are told to set aside your personal feeling and don’t place
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LITERATURE REVIEW Every child must be protected against all forms of exploitation‚ indecent or degrading treatment‚ including child labour‚ abduction and sale (UNICEF 2000). According to UNICEF‚ exploiting the labour of a child means employing a person below the age of 15 years and paying him/her less than the minimum standard wage. Olafsen‚ Corwin and Summit (1993) have argued that cycles of awareness followed by suppression have typified society’s response to child sexual abuse. Arguably‚ this has
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