Child maltreatment is a term that umbrella’s several different areas. It includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. In the realm of child maltreatment, neglect is a serious issue. Neglect can be found in all communities and across all socioeconomic levels. However, often poverty is found in cases of neglect. According to Janczewski, “longitudinal studies have found poverty, unemployment, public assistance, and other measures of economic risk among cases reported for neglect” (2014, pg. 51) In the last two decades, progress has been made to reduce the cases of child maltreatment and domestic violence. According to Wald, over the past 25 years reports of child abuse cases have decreased by 56% and domestic violence
