Every day, countless children are subjected to abuse in the United States. Although there are many ways that maltreatment can be inflicted on a child, there are four main categories that are generally used to identify abuse; emotional or psychological abuse, neglect, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. Emotional or psychological abuse involves the mental health of the child. Withholding affection as punishment, purposefully ignoring, calling the child names, and any other treatment of a child that causes emotional turmoil is considered emotional abuse or psychological abuse. D.K. Gosselin, the author of Heavy Hands, asserts “Emotional or psychological abuse involves a pattern of behavior that impairs a child’s emotional development and sense …show more content…
Intent is not a requirement for abuse to be classified as neglect. According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway (2013), “[n]eglect is the failure of a parent, guardian, or other caregiver to provide for a child’s basic needs” (p.3). This includes the neglect of physical, medical, educational, and/or emotional needs. Neglect can occur when a parent or caregiver is not emotionally or physically able to care for themselves or a child. Physical abuse is defined as pain or injury inflicted on a child intentionally. Gosselin (2014) provides many examples of physical abuse including “striking, stabbing, kicking, burning, or biting the child or any action that results in a physical impairment or the death of the child such as shaking or throwing” (p.96). Gosselin (2014) explains that a caregiver may not have intended to harm a child even if the physical abuse is not accidental. Sexual abuse includes both sexual acts and non-contact abuse. The Child Welfare Information Gateway (2013) provides the definition of sexual abuse according to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act …show more content…
Gosselin (2014) provides “[u[ntil recently, few considered the treatment of children to be a matter of public concern” (p.87). Because maltreatment of children was not a priority, there aren't numbers regarding past abuse victims to compare current abuse statistics. One of the most influential efforts of modern America regarding child maltreatment came from the 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (2014), CAPTA was enacted to “provide funding for the prevention, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect”. In order to receive federal funding through CAPTA, each state must use the definitions of CAPTA to define child abuse and neglect. Since many cases of abuse are likely to go unreported, the National Low Income Housing Coalition (2014) explains that “CAPTA has evolved from responding to the occurrence and effects of child abuse to focusing more broadly on risks, protection, prevention, and multi-sector approaches and partnerships”. Providing there is a large effort at both the state and federal level in utilizing CAPTA and attempting to taking control of the maltreatment of children, it seems America is in the right direction to see a decrease in
Physical abuse - is use of physical force that may result in pain or injury this can range from poking, pushing, pulling hair and hitting this can be with hands or weapons there are many more forms of physical abuse.
Physical abuse – involves causing deliberate physical harm to a child and may include burning, drowning, hitting, poisoning, scalding, shaking, suffocating or throwing. Physical abuse also includes deliberately causing, or fabricating the symptoms of, ill health in a child.
Physical abuse is “the mistreatment of a child that causes physical injury, impairment, or endangerment.” (Layman 15) It accounts for about 25 percent of abuse cases. (Moses) Children who have been abused usually show certain signs. They tend to be apathetic and withdrawn, but at the same time, constantly scanning their environment for danger. (Oates 43) Physical abuse can leave all kinds of injuries.
Emotional abuse may include screaming, yelling, biting, name-calling, lack of love/affection, and so on. Children may be emotionally scarred when the y are labeled as stupid, ugly, crazy, or unwanted. Emotional abuse includes acts of omission by the child’s primary caregivers that could cause behavioral, emotional, or mental disorders. In some cases of emotional abuse the child’s caregiver may use excessive and bizarre forms of punishment like torture, or locking a child in a dark closet. These things emphasize the need for the intervention of The Child Protective Services.
Child abuse is epidemic in many countries as well as the United States. It is estimated that every thirteen seconds a child is abused in some manner: physically, sexually, emotionally or by neglect (Friedman). Each year, there are over 3 million reports of child abuse in the United States involving more than 6 million children. Child abuse can be reduced with proper education of the parents and with greater public awareness.
Physical Abuse is when someone physically causes you harm, this can include things such as; hitting, kicking, pulling hair, pinching, scratching, shaking or (in a care related situation), giving someone too much or not enough medicine. An example of physical abuse in care setting is if you are to punch or kick someone intentionally to cause harm to them. Another example would be a personal carer not giving an elderly person the correct amount of medicine at the right times to cause harm.
Physical abuse is typically described as the use of physical force against another person that may in turn cause injury, pain or impairment. This type of abuse could be perform with or without an object.
Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain, injury, or other physical suffering or bodily harm.
Physical abuse also defined as non-accidental trauma or physical injury, of which can be caused by punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning or harming the child. Physical abuse is the most visible and second most common form of child maltreatment.
Physical Abuse is when, a person inflicts physical force that is non-accidental and results in pain, impairment or bodily injury.
Physical abuse is non-accidental pain or injury inflicted on a service user by a health or care worker. This can include hitting, shaking, rough treatment or inappropriate use of restraint.
Physical abuse can include: hitting, slapping, pushing, pinching, force feeding, kicking, burning, scalding, misuse of medication or restraint, catheterisation for the convenience of staff, inappropriate sanctions, a carer causing illness or injury to someone in order to gain attention for themselves ( this might be associated with a condition called fabricated and induced illness ).
Somebody may abuse or neglect a child by inflicting harm, or by failing to act to prevent harm. Children may be abused in a family or in an institutional or community setting, by those known to them or, more rarely, by a stranger for example, via the internet. They may be abused by an adult or adults, or another child or children. Physical abuse: Physical abuse may involve hitting, shaking, throwing, poisoning, burning or scalding, drowning, suffocating, or otherwise causing physical harm to a child. Physical harm may also be caused when a parent or carer fabricates the symptoms of, or deliberately induces, illness in a child.
Physical abuse is any non accidental act of violence or rough treatment that causes physical injury, pain or discomfort.
Child abuse consists of different types of harmful acts directed toward children. In physical abuse, children are slapped, hit, kicked or pushed, or have objects thrown at them causing wounds, broken bones, or other injuries. Severe abuse may result in major injury, permanent physical or developmental damage, or even death. Emotional abuse involves humiliation, dishonoring or other acts carried out over time that terrorize or frighten the child. Sexual abuse consists of a wide