Child abuse is a global problem‚ which unfortunately happens in every society‚ culture and communities. The term “Child Abuse” refers to intended acts that result in physical or emotional harm to children. Child abuse covers a wide range of behavior from physical assault by parents or other adult caretakers to neglect of child’s basic need. Child abuse is a social problem that affects millions of children each year‚ children less than 3 years of age being the most frequent victims. (Edelman & Mandle
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America from abuse and neglect‚" according to Every Child Matters Education Fund (as cited by The National Children’s Alliance‚ 2009). This goes to show that child abuse is a major issue in today’s modern society. In fact‚ statistics show that there are over 3 million reports of child abuse each year in the United States alone (“National Child Abuse Statistics‚” n.d.). While the definition of child abuse and neglect changes from state to state‚ it is defined by The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and
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will elaborate on child maltreatment‚ who is impacted by it‚ The effect of maltreatment‚ and how it interacts with other social problems. Child maltreatment is a major social problem and it dates back from the 1700’s till the present date. It is divided into 4 categories which are sexual abuse‚ physical abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. Wissow defines child maltreatment as “an intentional harm or a threat of harm to a child by someone acting in a role of care taker”. Sexual abuse is the inappropriate
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factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. It is important that everyone working with children and young people are prioritising child protection. Children and young people may get bruises and minor injures during playing‚ so it is important to listen to children and take note of their body languages and general behaviors and appearance. Type of maltreatment There are many different type of maltreatment such as physical abuse‚ intellectual‚ emotional‚ sexual‚ bullying
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Maltreatment‚ when defined‚ is the cruel or violent treatment of a person or animal. In the psychological sense‚ maltreatment is almost always defined as child abuse. There are different ways to execute child maltreatment‚ but the most common are physical‚ sexual‚ and psychological abuse. Abuse also has many variables‚ such as race‚ gender‚ health‚ and social class. Ultimately‚ adolescent maltreatment most often leads to mental‚ impulse-control‚ and conduct issues. The first form of maltreatment
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Once an abused child makes their plight known‚ it is vitally important to understand how vulnerable and sacred that child is feeling‚ coupled with their mistrust towards adults. It is important to exercise great care when handling the situation as your initial response can be critical towards the child’s recovery and future willingness to interact with people. The child requires most of all to believe in the voice of the person to whom they have confided and need very much to hear expressions of
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young people. P3: Explain the factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. The different types of maltreatment is sexual abuse‚ Sexual abuse refers to any action that pressures or forces someone to do something sexually they don ’t want to do. Sexual abuse can be when you’re being touched in a way that you may not like‚ or being forced to have sex‚ another type of sexual abuse is when somebody is forced to look at sexual pictures or videos. Sexual abuse can also include someone
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Poverty and child maltreatment Subject: Research methods Submitted by: Arooj Khalid Poverty and Child maltreatment 1-Introduction: Child maltreatment means abuse‚ neglect‚ and desertion of a child by the caretaker (a
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Child maltreatment is committed on a child less than eighteen years of age by another person‚ usually someone in a custodial role‚ (Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention‚ 2016) by using physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ and emotional abuse‚ or by neglecting neglecting a child (Understanding Child Maltreatment‚ n.d.). It is committed for reasons including children failing to meet the expectations an authoritative figure has placed on them like not remaining as “quiet and compliant” as they “should‚” because
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researchers have attempted to study the differentiating effects of maltreatment on children. Most researchers have come to the same conclusion on what puts people at the largest risk for maltreatment. “Child maltreatment remains an area of concern for child advocates‚ policy makers‚ service providers‚ and researchers across the globe and presents an enduring threat to public health” (Herrenkohl‚ Leeb‚ & Higgins‚ 2016). “Child Maltreatment threatens the short and long term quality of life of children and
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