America has many important problems that need help and solutions. One of those issues is child abuse. Child abuse is one of the biggest problems in America, “more than five children die every day as a result of child abuse” (Tennyson Center For Children). Regrettably, in the 80’s and early 90’s and even before that, child abuse was not an issue that could be solved by a social worker, rather it was an unseen issue, an issue that not even the authority could intervene. Fortunately, in the late 80’s non governmental charities came into existence to devote to child protection. In fact, the first non governmental charity to exist is the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Rapidly, after this charity came into existence “300
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For this to happen, they set up a screening guide that gathered information from callers that would report a situation. The callers would then call the families who got reported and would give them advice on healthier parenting skills. This pilot project was also done in other states like, Ohio to find results on child abuse. Thus, this issue of child abuse relates to one of the lenses; science.
Child abuse is such a huge issue that ethics come into play in various ways. For example, some will argue that it is unethical to provide a child’s information in an experiment or a research project despite the purpose of the project. Another example is the fact that many cases are thrown away because of lack of time and caseworkers. Not to mention, that it is ethically wrong to abuse a child in any way, but also to remove a child away from their family without first working something out or coming to an agreement with the family or parents of the …show more content…
Biology has a connection to child abuse because through biology, doctors can identify whether a child will be born with mental or health issues. The importance of this is because many parents who have children with mental or health problems are unaware of how to treat their children that they get frustrated with them and therefore abuse arises. Doctors can recommend or assigned help for the family to learn how to take care of their child. Doctors or psychologist, doctors can study the brain of a child and investigate the effects of abuse on the child and come into a conclusion on how child abuse should be treated. Scientists could recommend medical treatment to the child, help from a therapist 's or treatment for both the child and the
For this to happen, they set up a screening guide that gathered information from callers that would report a situation. The callers would then call the families who got reported and would give them advice on healthier parenting skills. This pilot project was also done in other states like, Ohio to find results on child abuse. Thus, this issue of child abuse relates to one of the lenses; science.
Child abuse is such a huge issue that ethics come into play in various ways. For example, some will argue that it is unethical to provide a child’s information in an experiment or a research project despite the purpose of the project. Another example is the fact that many cases are thrown away because of lack of time and caseworkers. Not to mention, that it is ethically wrong to abuse a child in any way, but also to remove a child away from their family without first working something out or coming to an agreement with the family or parents of the …show more content…
Biology has a connection to child abuse because through biology, doctors can identify whether a child will be born with mental or health issues. The importance of this is because many parents who have children with mental or health problems are unaware of how to treat their children that they get frustrated with them and therefore abuse arises. Doctors can recommend or assigned help for the family to learn how to take care of their child. Doctors or psychologist, doctors can study the brain of a child and investigate the effects of abuse on the child and come into a conclusion on how child abuse should be treated. Scientists could recommend medical treatment to the child, help from a therapist 's or treatment for both the child and the