Child Abuse Case Study

Corey (14) was referred by his mother to a child guidance clinic due to fighting at home and school. Corey and his two brothers live with mother Brenda and her live-in boyfriend, Carl. Carl moved in 18 months ago, six months after Corey’s father died. Corey’s father was abusive to him and his mother, but his death was sudden and Corey has been withdrawn and sullen since the death. He is verbally abusive to his mother and violent to his younger brothers. He likes Carl, but when Carl intervenes to stop Corey’s violence and verbal aggression, their relationship becomes strained. His mother has very little power to discipline Corey.

Michelle Coleman is a 25-year-old Caucasian divorced mother of three children ranging from ages 1 to 6. She is currently receiving services at The Arc of Bradford. Michelle has been divorced from her ex-husband James for three months due to domestic violence. There has been several incidents reported to the police and she now has a standing restraining order against James, he is prohibited from seeing her and the children. Michelle and her three child have been receiving regular public assistance to include housing vouchers, food stamps, and she is also utilizing the TANF program to enable her in providing for the children without the assistance of ex-husband James. Michelle is a high school graduate but has never worked. With aid from the

Scenario 1: If I received a report of suspected abuse and have not yet been able to get in touch with the family after numerous attempts of visiting them first thing in the morning, I would change my approach of trying to visit them first thing in the morning. I would take into consideration that maybe the family is not home because the children are at school and the parents are at work during those particular hours. Alternatively, I would attempt to visit the family around mid-afternoon or towards the evening. If the parents were to question me about my reasoning behind entering the house or is resistant to let me in after getting in contact with them, I would respectfully explain to them who I am and briefly explain that we have received

During the investigation process of abused against children, it is important that a child abuse investigator should contact all medical personnel who had contact with the family of the victim. In this step of the investigation process, the investigator should interview the physician who provided treatment to the child. Interviewing the child’s physician is critical to the case because usually the attending physician can tell the police if the child caretaker’s statement does or does not fit with the child’s injury (Lyman, p. 233). Aside from interviewing the child’s physician, investigator should also interview other medical staff who assisted the physician when providing treatment to the alleged child abuse victim such as certain specialists,

The victim was residing in the basement apartment of 4937 S. Keeler. The victim's father, Rafael ARANDA owns the building and was rehabbing the first and second floors. The father resides at 4820 S.Keeler. The victim's father went to the basement to check on his son because he had not seen him all day. He discovered the victim lying unresponsive on the living room floor with an apparent self inflicted GSW to the head. A Taurus .9mm semi-automatic firearm was found next the victim. It was in slide-lock. A 9mm casing was also found. Per the victim's family they believe that the victim may have been having relationship difficulties with his girlfriend. The victim was pronounced by M.E. Inv. Briggs on 1 Aug 2015 at 0410 hours. The cause and manner

On 4/4/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect and failure to ensure the education of her child, Leo Washington, by mother, Kristen Letellier. Per reporter Leo has 9 full unexcused days.

Travel Regardless of the outcome of there being signs of physical abuse on the baby we would take her with us and explain to Geoff that this needs to be done for not only breastfeeding but to keep the baby nurtured and less likely to cry (Crenshaw, 2007). When taking Angela and the baby to the hospital, you can tell Geoff that he can drive behind. Giving him the reasoning that it would be a lot easier once Angela and the baby are discharged from hospital to leave and if he needs to pack clothing and go home to get things he could. This then allows myself and/or partner to not only treat Angela and the baby if needed but to ask her questions on her bruises and burns.

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a growing social concern. Statistics reveal approximately a quarter of young adults experience sexual abuse during childhood with a further 1,761 aged 18-24 years (Lantern Project, 2012). Rates were appointed at 2,160 amongst the younger generation from 0-11. However, the highest prevalence age; ranges between 11-17, with 2,275 children affected (Lantern Project, 2012). CSA is socially constructed and remarkably influenced by the culture, resulting in complications to establish a universally agreed definition. Moreover, CSA can be seen as "forcing or enticing a child to take part in sexual activity" (Sanderson, 2006). Sexualized behavior can range from contact and/or non-contact sexual experiences, such as exposure

Childhood sexual abuse is a difficult topic to comprehend let alone have open discussion about the issue. I know for me, I cannot fathom someone wanting to hurt a child in this way, but then I wonder what makes a person have the desire to afflict such a traumatic experience on a child. The reading this week did not answer the questions I have, but it did give me a better understanding on how people cope with these experiences.

Child Abuse is defined as the “physical, sexual or emotional maltreatment or neglect of a child or children.” It is reported that there are 6 million reported cases of child abuse each year, yet, there has been a long held debate on whether children can be key witnesses in their own criminal court abuse cases due to their credibility and memory. It also can hurt the child mentally, whether it benefits the judicial system or not. There are several instances why this hypothesis is extremely plausible. Through this literature review, it would be shown that the treatment of children as witnesses can weaken their testimony, the entire process of children going through the legal system is traumatic, and there are also measures that can be taken to reduce these traumatic effects.

A news article about a child abuse case from this past November revealed some serious charges. A mother and father were accused of locking their eight year old son with serious mental disorders, in his room without food or water. The child room was found with feces, vomit and urine on the floor and it appeared that the child ate his own stool and vomit (article/website).

Abuse is to treat a person or object with cruelty or violence, and usually happens more than once. Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver through action or failing to act, will cause injury or will cause death to a child. This happens in many different ways, neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse. Every year more than three million reports of child abuse are filed and every year that number increases. This is a problem that has happened for over one hundred years. The baby boomer stage, which are between the ages of fifty-one and seventy years old. In many reports the baby boomers, said they believe their parents neglected them. This is serious problem that many defenseless children face. We need to work together and end such a horrific problem, that started many years ago.

Child abuse is unfortunately quite widespread and it goes on all over the globe. It is very difficult to understand why abusers of children do what they do. It is believed that the abusers have been abused at some point in their own lives. Researchers of child abuse have not been able to prove this; however in a lot of cases the abuser has been abused.

These are activities that are targeted at members of the community and general population with the aim to raise awareness about the problems of child abuse. It involves an approach that targets helping families and children before child abuse occurs and not intervening after the harm has been done. This is very essential as every child deserves to grow up and be nurtured in an environment that is safe and stable which helps in the child’s total development such as the physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components. These strategies can be via a myriad of programs such as educational programs via public awareness programs, public service announcements, parent education groups, child educational programs, family support and strengthening programs.