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    basic need. Child abuse is a social problem that affects millions of children each year, children less than 3 years of age being the most frequent victims. (Edelman & Mandle, 2010) For this article, the author chose to discuss child abuse and maltreatment in preschool age children. There are many forms of child abuse such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, verbal abuse, emotional abuse, neglect and abandonment/

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    January 20, 2013 Mandatory Reporting of Child Maltreatment From this assignment I became aware that all states in the United States have statutes identifying anyone who must report child maltreatment under certain circumstances. I have been a resident of Pennsylvania for 20 years. This assignment really opened my eyes to a subject I have no put much attention towards until now. To compare Pennsylvania’s laws with other states, I chose states close to the area. I chose to also look at New Jersey

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    One of the fears people with dementia has is memory loss, often people think often is that they will be vulnerable to abuse either from their families or carers. maltreatment of people with dementia can have a lasting effect on them. People with dementia can display certain behaviour deemed inappropriate and unacceptable, such as shouting, excessive screaming, insultive and inappropriate touching. Such behaviours should be seen as a result of the person's conditions and handled in an empathetic

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    Child Maltreatment Maltreatment is a sever form of parental abuse that could really take a toll on a developing child. Children should be treated with the utmost care because they are developing and growing physically, physiologically, and emotionally everyday for starters. It has always been a known staple that children need to get enough sleep, eat their vegetables, along with a healthy diet, and follow and healthy regimen in order to reach full healthy potential. Malnourishment effects

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    Introduction Of all the reported American child maltreatment in 2013, 79.5% of victims experienced neglect, more than four times the victims that were physically abused (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2013). Neglect is one of the most common forms of child maltreatment and public awareness of this problem was raised in the 1960s by the work of C. Henry Page 1 of 1Kempe which described the battered-child syndrome. It was only then that child maltreatment was regarded as a serious social problem

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    “Child abuse or child maltreatment is any act, or failure to act, by a parent or other caregiver that results in actual or potential harm to a child.” (Child Abuse Background) Child abuse can be physical or verbal abuse, ranging from sexual abuse, physiological abuse and even neglect. Child abuse can occur in a child’s home or in places of the community where they live. “Between the years of 2010 and 2011, there were approximately 7.6 million people who were reportedly victimized and of this data

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    Consequences of Child Maltreatment The maltreatment of children within the United States is an unfortunate but evident issue that presents some very detrimental consequences for the victims. Victims of child maltreatment typically suffer from both short-term and long-term consequences, resulting from the negligence of their parents. Across the nation techniques and measures have been taken in order to prevent the advancement of child abuse within high-risk homes, although despite these efforts sometimes

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    Significance Child maltreatment still proves to be a problem harboring children today, and this does not leave out children with disabilities. It is one of the main causes of childhood fatalities (Hibbard & Desch, 2007). Millions of children are affected every year due to child maltreatment. During the year 2015, child protective services registered 4 million referrals that involved about 7.2 million children and it was determined that 683,000 of them were, suffering due to child maltreatment which can occur

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    Criminology Theories of Child Maltreatment To analyze possible criminology theories of the cause of Child Maltreatment, two in particular, have been studied. First, the feminist perspective theory will be analyzed. Two angles will be assessed using feminist perspective theory. First will be how young males recall seeing an explicit sexual image for the first time and secondly, how feminists believed that child sexual abuse was symptomatic of a patriarchal society in which males had power over females

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    10c - Child Maltreatment P3

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    10C - Child Maltreatment P3: Explain the factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. Child maltreatment, also referred to as child maltreatment and neglect, includes all the various forms of abuse ranging from physical, emotional and sexual abuse to neglect and exploitation. This type of abuse can result in the potential or actual harm to a child's health, there development and dignity. Physical Abuse: Physical abuse also defined as non-accidental trauma or physical

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