In the United States alone, roughly 3.3 million reports of child abuse, involving almost 6 million children are made. If that fact was broken down further, it would conclude that between four to seven children die everyday from child abuse. According to the Keeping Children and Families Safe Act of 2003[ Basic state grant program that help states improve the practices done towards preventing and treating child abuse.], child abuse is “any recent act or failure to act on the part of the caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation; or an act of failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm”. Although child labor laws were enacted in 1906, they, however did not protect the
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The psychological as well as the physical effect of chronic sexual abuse will be strictly analyzed to determine how it negatively shapes the victim in the years they are transitioning into their teen years.
The Types of Abuse
Although we will only be analyzing the physical and psychological effects of child abuse, it is critical to acknowledge that there are four main types of child abuse. They are categorize into four different sections: sexual, neglect, emotional, and physical.
I.Sexual Abuse
As defined in the Handbook of Child Safety Independent School Leaders[ Written by Anthony P. Rizzuto and Cynthia Crosson-Tower in hopes of providing information, guidance and support regarding the conflicts and responsibilities in identifying and dealing with child abuse.], sexual abuse is the “appropriate adolescent or adult sexual behavior with a parent”. It includes touching a child’s private areas, kissing, exposure to pornography, incest, rape, sodomy, and sexual exploitation. It had been documented that “more than one in three children aged 11-17 (34%) who experienced sexual contact by an adult did not tell anyone about it” (Radford, 2011). In other words, not only is sexual abuse a crime that is extremely sensitive to discuss, most of the cases are neither reported nor …show more content…
This is the kind hardest kind of abuse to analyze because the affects that it has on the victims are deep bound. Across the globe, it has become the most common reason as to why a child is placed under Child Protective Services
The psychological as well as the physical effect of chronic sexual abuse will be strictly analyzed to determine how it negatively shapes the victim in the years they are transitioning into their teen years.
The Types of Abuse
Although we will only be analyzing the physical and psychological effects of child abuse, it is critical to acknowledge that there are four main types of child abuse. They are categorize into four different sections: sexual, neglect, emotional, and physical.
I.Sexual Abuse
As defined in the Handbook of Child Safety Independent School Leaders[ Written by Anthony P. Rizzuto and Cynthia Crosson-Tower in hopes of providing information, guidance and support regarding the conflicts and responsibilities in identifying and dealing with child abuse.], sexual abuse is the “appropriate adolescent or adult sexual behavior with a parent”. It includes touching a child’s private areas, kissing, exposure to pornography, incest, rape, sodomy, and sexual exploitation. It had been documented that “more than one in three children aged 11-17 (34%) who experienced sexual contact by an adult did not tell anyone about it” (Radford, 2011). In other words, not only is sexual abuse a crime that is extremely sensitive to discuss, most of the cases are neither reported nor …show more content…
This is the kind hardest kind of abuse to analyze because the affects that it has on the victims are deep bound. Across the globe, it has become the most common reason as to why a child is placed under Child Protective Services