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    Child Abuse and Neglect through Church and Social Service April 21‚ 2013 One of the major problems which faces societies in our days is child abuse and neglect. This problem has always existed‚ but it is now that scientists are beginning to discover the disastrous results that it leads to. Neglect and abuse are the same‚ expect in one major difference. While the damage is not intended in the cases of neglect‚ it is intended in the cases of abuse (Griffin‚ 1992). By definition‚ neglect

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    Child Abuse Child abuse is one of the biggest problems facing America today. Children whose parents abuse them often turn to a life of crime‚ or suffer physical or mental scars. In severe cases the child may even die. In Saint Louis a boy was attacked by a pack of dogs‚ after he had finished playing basketball at the local court. If his mother had reported him missing he may have been found in time to rescue him‚ instead he bled to death under a tree(De Jong). Of course this is an extreme case of

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    Child Abuse in America (Persuasive Essay) “Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime.”-Herbert Ward. The writer is going to cite examples and portray vivid details so that the reader will understand about child abuse. “Child cruelty does not discriminate against a child because of race‚ sex‚ age‚ religion‚ or socioeconomic.”(1) “According to the two research articles that the essayist refers to child abuse now is recognizable in four categories.” (1) Child abuse should

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    Child Abuse Even though child abuse is not fully recognized as a criminal act it does effect children both physically and mentally; to prevent child abuse talk with the authorities. “Child abuse is any recent act or failure to act‚ on the part of an parent or caretaker” (Peterson 8). Child abuse is broken down into four types of abuse. The four types of child abuse are physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse‚ and neglect. There are a lot of causes of child abuse. Sometimes the effect it

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    Subject Child Abuse Saturday‚ September 08‚ 2012 The Effects Mental Abuse Have on Children What is Mental Abuse? Mental abuse‚ which is also referred to as emotional or psychological abuse‚ is a behavior that exposes another person to psychological trauma such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)‚ chronic depression‚ or nervousness (Allister 129). Such behaviors are usually perpetrated by people who are at a more powerful position than the victim‚ i.e. a teacher to a student‚ a manager to

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    TriolaProtecting those can’t Protect Themselves In the United States‚ a report of child abuse is made every second. Even worse than that‚ more than four children die per day as a result of child abuse. So why were these children not saved? Not all acts of child abuse are reported‚ even when someone notices it. Maybe it is because they do not want to jump to conclusion or they are scared. But imagine being that child‚ and how scared they are. Wouldn’t you want someone to notice if it were you? If we

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    or Outside: How Safe is my Child? 23/1/13‚ ICG A very good morning to all of you and a warm welcome to this seminar on ‘At Home or Outside: How Safe is my Child?” Thank you for sparing your valuable time to be here to discuss and deliberate on an issue that is slowly making our society hollow and will cause a major collapse of all value systems if timely action is not taken. It can be very difficult to talk about child abuse or more specifically child sexual abuse‚ which we are discussing today

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    Responsibilities to Report Child Abuse LaDonne Wagner Virginia College Online Most people feel that it is an honor to become a health worker and cherish the fact that they are helping others become healthier everyday. In becoming a health care worker there are many responsibilities that come along with the job. Some basic responsibilities are to be as kind and welcoming as possible to make your patient feel calm and comfortable. But what are you to do when you encounter a situation where

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    THE PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS OF CHILD ABUSE Child abuse happens a lot around the world. According to Yes I Can Organization (1999)‚ child abuse is the bad treatment of a child under the age of 18 by a parent‚ caretaker‚ someone living in their home or someone who works with or around children. There are four major types of child abuse include physical abuse‚ sexual abuse‚ emotional abuse and child neglect‚ which result children’s health‚ development‚ and strips away their dignity. Approximately

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    Child Abuse 2 Just about all children have many different experiences that will have a major impact on their lives before they reach full maturity. A child can face a lot of dangerous things from the environment surroundings them which might seriously affect their whole life. The definition of Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act: Child abuse is any action from adult to a child that can be harmful to the child’s body or mental (Children Welfare Information Gateway 2007). In the

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