Katie Whitmer English 111-N1 Ms. Mary Lanier 21 April 2011 Child Abuse and the Justice System Child abuse is a growing problem in the United States. Three million cases of child abuse were reported in 2009. One of those cases was my niece Leah. Leah endured mental and physical abuse for the first three years of her life. Leah now lives in a safe place with my parents. Although‚ Leah sees a child therapist once a week because of the damage her mother did to her‚ she is thriving in her new home
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English 110 Danielle Stephen 10/8/14 “Discipline vs. Child Abuse” Matthew A. Cornblith Coleman University 1 How far is too far? Some people believe that child abuse is an acceptable form of discipline‚ however I do not. There is a fine line between discipline and child abuse. What is discipline? Discipline is “the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior‚ using punishment to correct disobedience.” (https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&source=hp&btnG=Google+Search&gbv=2#hl=en&gbv=2&q=discipline)
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Child abuse is a common issue throughout the world‚ while some people believe it to be only physical abuse; emotional abuse and neglect are also serious issues ("Child Abuse and Neglect").The definition of child abuse is‚ “Mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian‚ including neglect‚ beating‚ and sexual molestation (“Child Abuse").” There are many misinterpretations about child abuse‚ such as‚ “if a child is being abused they will tell someone‚” most children who are abused actually do not
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For the past five years‚ child abuse cases in Malaysia have been increasing. According to the statistics from the Social Welfare Department‚ there were 2780 child abuse cases in 2008 and this number have been increasing sharply recently. Normally child abuse case happen due to the factors of financial‚ relationship and mental health problem. Basically‚ child abuse will bring a lot of negative effects to the victims such as abused children living with fear‚ self-blaming and feeling weak. Hence‚ parents
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Domestic Violence and Child abuse University of North Carolina at Wilmington Social Work 311: Child Abuse and Neglect M. Guarino 3-28-2011 Abstract Domestic violence and child abuse have a tendency to go hand in hand. In the past‚ people overlooked the fact that in most households where domestic violence kids present‚ child abuse and neglect also occurs. An improvement in the collaboration between child protection and domestic violence services is vital for workers to identify‚ interdict
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It is an unfortunate reality that many abuses against children that occur are unreported. However‚ when someone or an agency filed a report and complaint to the police that child abused exist in the community‚ the police tend to respond and investigate the said allegation quickly. And‚ since the crime of abuse is a violation of our penal code‚ it is the police criminal investigator(s) task to take the lead when investigating the child abuse case. That’s because it is only the police investigator(s)
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behavioral signs of child abuse while assessing a child. Although it is mandated by the law‚ that nurses should report to Child Protective Services any suspicious findings about child abuse within an appropriate time limit. Nurses who works in the Emergency Department sees infants‚ and children admitted to the hospitals for treatment of injuries‚ ingestions‚ acute or chronic conditions‚ etc. They are in the front line for assessing the children who are the victims of child abuse. In the schools‚ the
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:SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND CHILD ABUSE The objective of this research paper is to determine how well school counselors‚ who are human service providers and mandated reporters of child abuse‚ know how to detect abuse and whether or not this skill has an effect on them actually making a report. As mandated reporters‚ school counselors are not prepared to detect signs of child abuse and their lack of preparedness is a directly correlated with their low levels of reporting
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Child abuse is defined as the mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian (dictionary.com). The different types of child abuse are emotional‚ neglect‚ physical‚ and sexual; abuse each having unique signs for the specific type of abuse. Child abuse can have many effects throughout an individual’s development including the possibility of the repeating abuse to their own children when they have a family. According to the textbook “Human Development‚” emotional abuse or maltreatment is the rejection
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children die every day as a result of child abuse. That means that every six hours‚ a child dies because of some form of maltreatment. Child abuse is a serious problem facing families in the United States. To prevent child abuse‚ United States citizens need to be well informed of all aspects of child abuse. To solve the very serious issue of child abuse‚ the definition needs to be clear so that United States citizens can help. The four main types of child abuse are psychological‚ neglect‚ physical
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