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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jobs were only reserved for whites. This would lead to the parents of the family getting agitated and begin to fight with one another. Family and abuse go hand in hand when it comes to the Breedlove family. In The Bluest Eye‚ the family are both exploited by the ones they love due to their vulnerability and their weakness. Pecola has heard and seen abuse everyday‚ mainly her parents fight constantly. Each
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Child abuse A statue stands in a shaded place An angel girl with an upturned face A name is written on a polished rock A broken heart that the world forgot” This is a quote by Martina Mcbride and it illustrated that when a person’s life is covered in a blanket of darkness‚ then they will not think themselves as important and they will start to grow hatred for themselves‚ this sometimes results in suicide in later years. Child abuse is when a feeling of anger engulfs a person so much so their
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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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COLLECTIVISM This is more a political view than a sociological prospective. It is said that the state is responsible of providing care and welfare as a team. This prospective looks at the most vulnerable and disadvantaged people around‚ it prioritises the responsibility to look after them‚ for example people with disabilities‚ unemployment‚ low income‚ children‚ they also make old people a priority to look after as well as mentally ill people and sick people. People in society pay national insurance
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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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The impact of Child Abuse (neglect) on a child Background of the issue Many of you might wonder why many children attend school and do not say a word in your class. Today I am here to talk to you about the reasons why this may occur because many teachers are not aware of these problems that are affecting many of our children today. One of the social issues that I have chosen is Child abuse-neglected children. I chose child abuse because it is a silent killer that tends to have a major effect
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