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…         Bibliography: Breiner, S., Slaughter of the Innocents (1990); deMause, L., The History of Childhood (1988); Kempe, H., and Helfer, R., The Battered Child, 4th ed. (1987); Kempe, Ruth S. and C. Henry, Sexual Abuse of Children and Adolescents (1984); Moorehead…

…CHILD ABUSE What is child abuse? It is the physical or emotional abuse of a child by a parent, guardian, or other person. Reports of child abuse, including sexual abuse, beating, and murder, have climbed in the United States and some…

…domestic abusers. In the article ‘What is Domestic Abuse?’, it states that each year an estimated 2 million to 4 million women in the United States are abused by their male partners. Many of them are severely physically assaulted, and thousands are killed…

…A popular controversial issue today is whether children who are at risk for abuse remain with their families or not. Many people feel differently about this issue. Some people feel that it would be best for the children to remain with their intact…

…of chastisement still prevailed. (Okun, pg.5-6) From the 1920’s until the 1970’s the plight of abused wives was rarely heard. However, it was rediscovered because of three factors. (1) Kempe and Helfer (1963) published a paper on battered child syndrome…

…have not been exposed to wife abuse (Health Canada, 1998: 2). Children also become more socially withdrawn for fear of detection of the abuse or because their behavior has become so aggressive that other children will not interact with the child. Studies…

…1 What is Child Abuse? By definition, child abuse is the deliberate and willful injury of a child by a caretaker hitting, beating with an object, slamming against a wall, even killing. It involves active, hostile, aggressive treatment. The key…

…are with it. This is one of the many causes why abuse is taken to a different, yet harsher level. As said by Michael W. Fox, Vice President of the Human Society of the United States, "The life of an ant and that of my child should be granted equal consideration." This is just…

…would be dysfunctional if parents were not able to raise future productive members of society. This would be true if either the parents or child were marijuana abusers. Likewise, the same outcome could be seen in the other structures of society…

…. My Analysis: The main purpose of this present study was to determine if their were significant differences between girls and boys aged 6-12 who witnessed parental abuse. This study found that when mothers rated the child’s adjustment that girls would…