Child Abuse And Neglect Report

Child abuse and neglect is a social problem that is of great concern to me and is relevant to the practice of social work. Nearly 700,000 American children were abused and neglected in 2013. Children and youth are some of the most vulnerable members of society, and those who experience traumatic childhoods have a historically higher chance of facing difficult futures, whether it’s due to health and mental issues or economic challenges. The key factors contributing to the maltreatment of children are adverse family environment, low socioeconomic status, residential mobility, ethnic heterogeneity, inadequate parent-child relationship quality, and family disruption.
Abuse and especially neglect occur with greater frequency in low socioeconomic