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…on approximately 2.9 million children who were the alleged subjects of child abuse and neglect in 1992 (US Department of Health and Human Services). These figures may well represent the "tip of the iceberg" as many cases are never detected, especially when taking…

…detailing his own life as an abused child and the aftereffects of his abuse. His case was the third worst case of child abuse on record in the state of California. (Pelzer, 1995, 168) Pelzer’s mother was an alcoholic who was both physically and emotionally…

…is forced to have the child, they canft love their child from bottom of their heart. Because their child is unwanted, they often abuse the child. Some of them hit their child or place them under house arrest. Every time they see their child, they recall…

…-girlfriend, or date, violence that occurs within a family or an intimate relationship, including wife beating and child abuse, and finally incidents of inter-spousal physical or emotional abuse perpetrated by one of the spouses or parent figures upon the other…

…with the problem of parental alienation syndrome to identify parents in child abuse. “Over the last five years, Walters and Oldershaw have examined over 100 mothers and they’re three to six-year-old children who have been physically abused”(Freed). In the laboratory…

…, domestic violence can be described as spouse abuse, child abuse, sibling abuse, or elder abuse. Most authorities suggest that domestic violence is typically expressed in violence against women and children. Such acts of violence can involve health care…

…Violence in an intimate relationship is often referred to as domestic violence. It is not only wife/husband abuse but also includes sibling, elder, and child abuse. My essay will discuss spouse abuse and why there are such high rates of it in our society…

…or equal to] 23) to understand more precisely the psychiatric illnesses associated with child sexual abuse. Findings showed incest survivors had more anxiety, depression, and alcohol abuse than the women who did not have histories of sexual abuse. Briere (1989…

…Of the many different types of child abuse, one form has more recently come to the forefront, Munchausen by proxy syndrome (MBPS). MBPS is a mental illness of the parent whereby they inflict harm to their child to glean pity and attention from…

…if necessary, and protect the children to whom we have made ourselves responsible. Dave Pelzer, who is currently an advocate for abused children, has written a compelling three book series detailing his own life as an abused child and the aftereffects of his abuse…