The Effects Of Child Abuse And Neglect

Child abuse has many effects on children at the time it happens and throughout their life. It all starts with the weak backbone of the legal provisions, “weak implementation of laws and policies, under-resourced and understaffed social services, and harmful practices,” as stated by the Global Information network (Vives par. 12). Some parents do not know the conceptions of punishing their child in which leads to child abuse in probable cases. It is a private matter at home when a parent punishes their child but now with these cases top countries have come up with protocols to help protect child from harm or further be harmed. Even though America is not the highest child abuse country like Africa the country is not far behind. If these cases go on unnoticed it could lead to more serious …show more content…
Well known Anne Petersen, a professor at the Center for Human Growth and Development at the University of Michigan stated that, “Child abuse and neglect is a serious public health problem which requires immediate, urgent attention.”(Schulte par.4). The percent of physical and sexaul abuse has decreased the emotional and psychological abuse has risen and those two cause the longest lasting effects. Child abuse can cause the child to be a nuisance and could cause problems in the future. They would do that as they way to koop with themselves and could into trouble with the effects special education, juvenile and adult criminal justice, adult homelessness, and lost work productivity. Well known Lucy Berliner, a professor at the University of Washington 's School of Social Work and a committee member stated that, “That 's why we make that a research priority in our recommendations,We need to understand better the reasons behind these trends.” (Schulte par.6). It would be great if we could figure out what causes these behaviors in abuse