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Permitting a person under age 18 to enter or remain in or upon premises where methamphetamine is being manufactured.
Unlawful exposure to a controlled substance that subjects a child to a substantial risk of harm, to his or her health or safety ( Feb 6, 2011, retrieved from http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps124431/defineall.pdf).
Unfortunately, the abuse of children has been recently labeled a sign of illness, such as psychopathology, which can be treated medically. Those who abuse may then argue that they abused their children because: “there is something mentally wrong me” and it is “just how my brain works”. Furthermore, some abusers have been made to feel their abusive behavior is, in fact, part of a disease caused by pharmaceutical drugs such as Seroquel (p. 6). The excuse for the child abuser is the medicine he or she is taking; they are lead to believe that their own behavior is not at fault. The result of viewing abusers as “sick” is that individuals no longer focus on society and thus deprives parents of adequate means and resources to properly care for their …show more content…
Some of the other issues reported in child abuse cases are: drug use and mental health distress including anxiety, mood, and stress (Lown, Nayak, Korcha, & Greenfield, 2011, p. 318). Not only is alcoholism the most common factor among abusers, but it is also the most significant behavior that leads to injury as a result of child abuse. Parents who have life time drinking problems and abuse their children often come from homes where they were abused either physically or sexually, or both (McCrae, Chapman & Christ, 2006, p. 469). Sexually abused children are likely to be exposed to other serious family problems, such as domestic violence, physical abuse, and substance …show more content…
Parents are often, but not always the perpetrators of the abuse. In a longitudinal study of children hospitalized in their first year of life, 25% of those with a fracture were caused by abuse (Mulpuri, Slobogean & Tredwell, 2010, p. 759). The most common injury was fractured ribs. In a retrospective review of all children younger than age 3 with rib fractures within a 6-year period, 95% of the time the injury was the result of child abuse (p. 762). In studies of the role that gender and ethnicity play in identifying the likelihood of a child becoming a victim of child abuse, and the severity, males were not abused more than females, but their severity of injury was greater. African American children were at greater risk of mortality from abuse than children of other ethnicities. In another study, it was reported there is “a direct relation between the absence of a fathers’ biological relatedness to the child and the probability of murdering the child” (Slep & O’Leary, 2001, p. 92). Sadly, in the first study it was also found that children who were born premature, or who had major health issues were more likely to suffer abuse than otherwise healthy children (Mulpuri, Slobogean & Tredwell, 2010, p.
Unlawful exposure to a controlled substance that subjects a child to a substantial risk of harm, to his or her health or safety ( Feb 6, 2011, retrieved from http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps124431/defineall.pdf).
Unfortunately, the abuse of children has been recently labeled a sign of illness, such as psychopathology, which can be treated medically. Those who abuse may then argue that they abused their children because: “there is something mentally wrong me” and it is “just how my brain works”. Furthermore, some abusers have been made to feel their abusive behavior is, in fact, part of a disease caused by pharmaceutical drugs such as Seroquel (p. 6). The excuse for the child abuser is the medicine he or she is taking; they are lead to believe that their own behavior is not at fault. The result of viewing abusers as “sick” is that individuals no longer focus on society and thus deprives parents of adequate means and resources to properly care for their …show more content…
Some of the other issues reported in child abuse cases are: drug use and mental health distress including anxiety, mood, and stress (Lown, Nayak, Korcha, & Greenfield, 2011, p. 318). Not only is alcoholism the most common factor among abusers, but it is also the most significant behavior that leads to injury as a result of child abuse. Parents who have life time drinking problems and abuse their children often come from homes where they were abused either physically or sexually, or both (McCrae, Chapman & Christ, 2006, p. 469). Sexually abused children are likely to be exposed to other serious family problems, such as domestic violence, physical abuse, and substance …show more content…
Parents are often, but not always the perpetrators of the abuse. In a longitudinal study of children hospitalized in their first year of life, 25% of those with a fracture were caused by abuse (Mulpuri, Slobogean & Tredwell, 2010, p. 759). The most common injury was fractured ribs. In a retrospective review of all children younger than age 3 with rib fractures within a 6-year period, 95% of the time the injury was the result of child abuse (p. 762). In studies of the role that gender and ethnicity play in identifying the likelihood of a child becoming a victim of child abuse, and the severity, males were not abused more than females, but their severity of injury was greater. African American children were at greater risk of mortality from abuse than children of other ethnicities. In another study, it was reported there is “a direct relation between the absence of a fathers’ biological relatedness to the child and the probability of murdering the child” (Slep & O’Leary, 2001, p. 92). Sadly, in the first study it was also found that children who were born premature, or who had major health issues were more likely to suffer abuse than otherwise healthy children (Mulpuri, Slobogean & Tredwell, 2010, p.