Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature Abstract Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a hidden epidemic of child abuse and neglect. Approximately there are 3 million reports of CSA in the United States every year involving nearly 6 million children. CSA take place across ethnic and cultural lines‚ in all socioeconomic levels‚ all levels of education and within all religions. Numerous adverse effects correlate with CSA some examples include‚ anxiety‚ avoidance depression‚ low self-esteem‚ post-traumatic
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Examples of how child abuse can occur Physical Physical abuse can include the following: • Physical discipline • Striking‚ punching or striking with a foot • Shoving‚ shaking or tossing • Squeeze skin‚ nip with teeth ‚ strangle or pulling hair • Use of unrestrained force when holding/touching • Purposely spiking • Smothering • Made up/encouraged illness • Mutilation of female genital Neglect The following are features of child neglect: • Lack of appropriate care and direction • Dietary deficiency
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TARGET CHILD ABUSE When people think of child abuse they usually believe that abusers neglect and victimize all of their children equally. This is not always the case. Targeting one child for abuse is actually more common than people would believe. Many parents single out one individual child for their negative attention and abusive treatment. Typically these parents will also pick one child to be their favorite‚ showering that child with attention‚ praise‚ gifts and tolerance. The emotional
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Indiana State University The Fourth Face: The Image of God in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Author(s): Allen Alexander Source: African American Review‚ Vol. 32‚ No. 2 (Summer‚ 1998)‚ pp. 293-303 Published by: Indiana State University Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3042126 Accessed: 31/08/2009 18:16 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions
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held responsible for a child’s safety and health‚ who else can take this responsibility? In this society‚ there are many dangerous obstacles for a child to face. Their young minds are not stable to witness the world as it truly is. That is usually how someone will view the necessity for a child’s growth. Many people would have sided to protect the child and blame the cruelty among society. For this may be true‚ it is not society’s fault that it has been corrupted to what is now today. Throughout history
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after only weighing in at twenty- pounds and her doctor is pleading no contest for her death. The little girl’s name was Makalya’s who had cerebral palsy and was suffering abuse by her mother hands. Margaret Edward‚ who was the little girl’s doctor‚ is pleading no contest to three misdemeanors counts of failing to report child abuse and neglect on someone is functionally impaired. Makalya’s could not fight back against her mother‚ but her doctor could have and Makalya’s could be alive right now. The
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Spanking a child‚ Abuse? Wednesday Comp II May 12‚ 2010 A Majority of people in America feel that spanking is an acceptable tool for disciplining children. I believe that spanking your child should not be the way to discipline a child. You do not need to spank or physically punish your child to get an understanding out. There are other ways to punish your child than laying a hand or object on them. Such as taking something away from them‚ or making them sit in the corner. I consider spanking
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cope with the pain‚ or maybe they become self-deprecating. The normal outcome of years of abuse is to have a feeling of worthlessness‚ and when you feel worthless it is difficult to want to do anything productive. I suffered 16 years of abuse inflicted upon me by my mother. You would think that I am an angry person‚ or maybe even an extremely depressed person‚ but I’m actually the opposite. Children of abuse can grow up to become happy people‚ full of life and joy it just takes the right circumstances
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If a parent’s responsibility is to teach a kid how to deal with the real world‚ then that is child abuse. Because that’s not the real world.” As children grow‚ so does their eagerness to win. What about the kids who can’t keep up with the competition? Simple. They quit. An article from CNN states‚ “Seventy percent of children leave organized sports
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Jennifer Diaz AP English III Summer‚ 2012 AP Short Form: The Bluest Eye * Main Characters * Pecola Breedlove: She is an eleven year old black girl who believes she is ugly. She wishes for blue eyes to make her feel beautiful which is granted at the cost of her sanity. * Claudia McTeer: The narrator for parts of the novel. She is a very strong minded nine year old who fights for good causes. She is a stable force throughout the story. * Minor Characters * Cholly Breedlove: The
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