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    Child Abuse: Neglect Has The Community Done Enough To Reduce Cases Of Neglect As A Form Of Child Abuse? Thesis statement: most scholars and practitioners have elaborated adverse impacts of child abuse, especially child neglect, but the research focuses on the positive side of the discourse; it concentrates on the community contribution and the steps that have helped to reduce and stop the act in many nations. The term child abuse got used in a very broad array of situation that it has become hard

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    there were 702,000 children who were victims of abuse and neglect. More than four children die every day as a result of child abuse. Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. I decided to choose this particular topic due to the urge of wanting to gain knowledge of what actually happens to a child when he/she experiences child abuse, mentally or physically. Also, helpful prevention

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    Child sexual and physical abuse is a very serious problem in this world today. Most people just like to lock it away and act like nothing happens. The truth is child sexual and physical abuse happens to children we know. But in fact the effects of the abuse follow the victim well into adulthood. Child abuse can affect from physical, emotive, or sexual harm. While child abuse is often in the form of an action, there are also case of not physical abuse, such as neglect. Some households that suffer

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    recent years child maltreatment has had an increase in the public's eye. There are many factors to child maltreatment. There are four general categories of child maltreatment now recognized. They are physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and emotional maltreatment. Each category, in turn, covers a range of behavior. The maltreatment of children not only affects the children themselves, but also affects the family by making it dysfunctional. Physical Abuse      Physical abuse may be best defined

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    Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. There are many forms of child maltreatment, including neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, exploitation, and emotional abuse Child neglect is a very common type of child abuse is a pattern of failing to provide for a child 's basic needs, whether it be adequate food, clothing, hygiene, or supervision. Child neglect is not

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    Child abuse. A term that most of us believe to be aware of, but one ought to wonder, are we really aware of it? how one recognises child abuse ?, What are the legal repercussions of child abuse ? How common is it in countries less developed? Is it common in the United States? Does it intervene with “old style” parenting? What entities provide such information? Well before answering any of this question is imperative to acknowledge the very basic of such topic. The webpage Childabuse.org (a governmental

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    The Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect on Children The future of our children depends upon the care and nurture they receive. Unfortunately, many of our children end up in non-traditional, or traditional families where they are abused and neglected by someone in their household. People have a difficult time defining child abuse and neglect. They do not know specifically what falls under the various categories’ of child abuse and neglect. Some people contend that child abuse encompasses anyone who

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    Child Abuse and Neglect Are you a child being abused by your parent? Do you need help? Why would any parent do that to their child or children? Child abuse is common, there are many different kinds of abuse. Most of the abuse occurs within the family. Child abuse is more than bruises and broken bones. While physical abuse might be the most visible, other types of abuse such as, emotional abuse and neglect, also leave deep, lasting scars on the children (Smith, M.A, Segal). Studies have shown that

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    history, children have been subjected to extensive abuse and neglect including but not limited to physical, sexual and psychological abuse and neglect alongside being provided with little to no rights. To combat this, individual states within our nation initiated Child Abuse reporting laws starting in 1963 which quickly spread throughout the nation. However, these laws oftentimes failed to adequately address and treat the extensive instances of child abuse and neglect due to lack of support, funding and

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    Child abuse started when the humanity began. Every society has number of abusing situations for children. According to Dictionary.com, child abuse is “mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian, neglect, beating, and sexual molestation”. In other words, child abuse is treating a child badly emotionally, as well as neglect and physical and sexual treatment. Historical stories and Islamic literature have mentioned a child maltreatment practice that considers as a big risk on children’s

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