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    “Physical abuse includes pushing, striking, force feeding, Improper use of physical restraints and infliction of pain or the withholding of pain relief”(liao, 2006, 1) When the term physical abuse comes to mind one assumes that the evidence is always visible but this is not the case (liao, 2006). Physical abuse is typically the most common type of abuse found (liao, 2006). This is due to the fact that it is often noticeable (liao, 2006). An individual can be physically abused and not have a single mark on them (liao, 2006). This does tends to be rare though, because if it started out this way then it would slowly transforms, getting worse and worse as time goes on. Abusers will become more rough and uncaring (liao, 2006). Signs that someone…

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    Children who were physical abuse and neglected in their childhood can continue into their adulthood. Researcher’s has find that high proportion of trouble adults were abused in their childhood. Some children become abusive in their adulthood because some children believe that they behaved badly when they were children so they thought they deserved it when they were abused. So they go on through life thinking it’s okay to physical abuse or neglect a child. However, children who have watched a…

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    Physical Abuse Definition

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    -Physical abuse: Physical abuse is defined as inflicting or threatening to inflict physical harm to a vulnerable individual. Examples of physical abuse include hitting, shaking, biting, throwing, burning or scalding, suffocating and force-feeding. -Sexual abuse: Sexual abuse is non-consensual sexual contact of any kind. Examples are forcing an individual to take part in sexual activities or behave in sexually inappropriate ways, penetrative acts including rape or buggery and non-penetrative acts…

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    Physical Child Abuse

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    Physical child abuse has slightly decreased over time, but that does not mean that child abuse does not happen on a daily basis. “A review of child physical abuse (CPA) estimates in high-income countries found 1-year prevalence rates of 4-16% (Gilbert et al., 2009).” (Slep18) “Cultural differences in child rearing beliefs and practices and in universal social services, combined with different definitions of maltreatment, likely influence variability in prevalence rates.” (Slep18) This quote is…

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    Physical Abuse Signs

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    Physical Abuse is a problem in today’s society! Physical abuse can be towards kids or adults. The punishment right now is not harsh unless the person is killed so that is why it happens so much in the word today. Not only that a lot of people are afraid to come forth with the information because of what other people would think about them. People are so quick to judge other people and there situations, it makes it hard on the victims to come to the light with the situation. Children that have…

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    Physical Abuse In Children

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    Physical abuse is a serious, wide spread problem. According to the National Committee for the Prevention of Abuse, “Physical abuse is a widespread problem all over the world. The phenomenon of physical abuse is not limited to any specific subset of the population” (NCPA). Not only does it cause problems for the abuser, it can also affect the victims later in life. C. Kennedy once said, “Don’t judge yourself by what others did to you” (America’s Mental Health Channel). This paper will discuss…

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    Child Physical Abuse or Discipline in low income families The need to increase the campaign to protect the children from physical abuse is still important in the United States. In order for these changes to occur and improve the condition for children are to understand the problem of abuse. In the United States 1 in 9 U.S. children are abused and neglected before the age of 18. (Freisthler and Maguire-Jack)There are many neighborhoods where the impoverished parents are often faced with…

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    Physical Abuse Nvq 3

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    setting, especially with service users with physical disabilities, workers need to acknowledge that the service users are vulnerable to abuse. This is because people with physical disabilities are so much more dependent on care givers to supply them with the support they need in order to live clean and healthy lives. Two of the main types of abuse that care workers will face when working with vulnerable and disabled service users are physical abuse and neglect. NSPCC (2015) states that physical…

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    Physical Signs Of Abuse

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    P3/4 Physical abuse is the physical force that may result in bodily injury, physical pain, or impairment. Physical abuse may include but is not limited to such acts of violence as striking. It maybe grabbing, shaking, slapping and, or but not limited to kicking. There are many signs that someone is being physically abused some obvious and others are hard to find. The most obvious are physical signs such as bruises these appear on the skin and are common on the face and in many areas of the…

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    Abstract Little Abused Souls: The Truth About Physical Abuse Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child (“The Issue of Child Abuse”). “While child abuse is not exclusively a twentieth century phenomenon, it was not until 1967 that some states began adopting mandatory reporting laws, and now all states have these laws.” As the quote states, child abuse wasn’t a major issue until the…

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