Essays on Maltreatment

One of the major public health problems and the societal concerns these days is the maltreatment of children which impacts millions of children all over the world. There are a variety of long and short-term health consequences of child abuse and neglect which leaves a long-lasting impact on the mental and social growth and development of the children. Child abuse does not just mean broken bones or bruises, it impacts the safety, physical, social, mental, emotional and educational needs of the children. Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2010, ...

Introduction

Child prostitution is considered a curse that affects every continent globally with the situation increasing every year all over the world. There are over three million children who become victims of child prostitution each year globally. Factors such as gender discrimination and inequality, poverty, child trafficking and immigration and child labor contribute to the high level of child prostitution as a form of juvenile delinquency. Gender discrimination has contributed to over 98% of child prostitution being girls and in every 6 out of 10 victims must have been due to trafficking. The vice of child prostitution violates the rights ...

Introduction

The effects of child abuse are risk factors for later lifespan development. There are public policies in force about this issue. There are extreme risk factors associated with child abuse that may not be prevented by public policy. Both internalized and externalized problems that can result from child abuse often lead to overall adjustment issues (Leeson, 2011). Victims of child abuse often suffer an inability to accept their abuse, as well as having difficulties with transitioning through other life experience (Leeson, 2011). Intervention can also be harmful to child development. Ill-treatment and neglect is a public issue because children ...

Introduction

The child welfare organizations are objectified on assessing the prevalence of child abuse among the referred cases in order to prevent the occurrence of future abuse among the children who are identified at a high risk of neglect and abuse. The child welfare authorities are also focused on determining the prevalence of assessing the consequent neglect among the children with the history of being abused (Enosh & Bayer-Topilsky, 2014). The assessment by child welfare organizations are incorporated by the risk assessment tools in which the explicit criteria and undeviating approaches are used to derive the results. These results are derived ...

Child abuse is one of the debatable issues in the United States. In a broader perspective, child abuse refers to sexual, psychological or physical mistreatment of children by a caregiver or a parent. In the State of Alabama, child abuse is defined in both criminal and civil statutes. Sometimes there are mechanisms that parents and caregivers used to discipline their children that may lead to criminal charges and child abuse. In Alabama, there are various code sections that focus on child abuse prevention, reporting of child abuse, as well as the general perspective of child abuse. In the state ...

Introduction

Child abuse and maltreatment is a broad term that refers to different types of abuses that children may experience in their environment. Abuses and maltreatment may come in the form of neglect, exposure to violence, physical abuse, sexual abuse and emotional abuse. Children are the most vulnerable segment of society when it comes to abuse and neglect. Being unable to protect and care for themselves, some children are subjected to abuses and maltreatment, most often, by family members themselves. The perpetrators of abuse and maltreatment of children may also vary. Aside from parents and siblings, children can also be ...

Karen appears to have a very positive attitude about her future. She seems to have realized that the end of her relationship wasn’t about her but was about the lack of commitment on her partner’s part. Karen’s strengths lie in the fact that she is positive about her future and that she is making plans for that future. She has an optimistic outlook on her dating future and is committing herself to a gym membership. This indicates that she is moving in a forward direction. Karen could be afraid of the stigma that can be attached ...

I. Summary of the first article Helga Kuhse, Bioethics News, July 1992 Background Briefing* (from BIOETHICS NEWS Vol.11 No. 4 July 1992 page 40) The article concerned deals with the issue of euthanasia, which is literally translated as “merciful death”. Generally, it implies deliberately robbing a person of his life. The article engages historical genesis of euthanasia, in particular examining the issue back in Ancient Greece and Rome (Young). The author of the article asserts that such medical procedures as euthanasia and suicide were rather acceptable in the ancient times. Nowadays, however, the general understanding and attitude towards these ...

Abstract

Children from military families were said to have unique needs because of the distinct circumstance involving their growing up years. Studies revealed that a large number of military children were resilient enough to deal with their circumstances. However, it was also pointed out that not all children are the same, and there remains the possibility of going through difficulties when faced with challenging situations. Therefore, military families and their children should receive the needed support in order to help them deal with situations that are inherent in families with at least one military parent. Scholars suggest that children are ...

Question 1

According to Tregeagle and Orr (2003), they argued that there are many Australian children that at one point or another, during their influential years, are not be cared for adequately. For many, this is a brief period that passes however for some; this maltreatment lasts beyond theirtender years and impacts their life. The abuse of children can be defined as any non-accidental behaviour by any adult in the child’s life that causes physical or psychological harm. The behaviour can be intentional, such as abuse, or unintentional, such as neglect (Bromfield, 2005; (Christoffel et al., 1992). It was meant ...

The childhood experience has great effects of the individual’s social and personality development. A maltreatment experience during childhood can impact the development of emotions and behaviors through adulthood. As per definition, a child maltreatment is a child abuse and neglect that happens to those children ages 18 years old and below. WHO presents the common child maltreatment that includes physical and emotional abuses. Particularly, the types of child maltreatment are physical abuse, emotional abuse, neglect, sexual abuse, and exploitation . These maltreatments result in the potential harm in terms of health, behavioral development, survival, dignity, and trust of the ...

Every year millions of children face and experience child abuse. It includes not only physical, but also sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect. Usually child abuse leads to a number of serious consequences including mental disorders such as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. Moreover many such children might have physiological health problems, difficulties with learning and social problems that do not allow them to get along with peers and family members in a normal way. In most of the cases children, who do not receive a proper support and assistance after abuse experience and incidents are more likely ...

Introduction

Foster children represent a vulnerable part of the human population that require special legal protection due to their exposure to risks such as mistreatment, rape, sexual abuse or assault, criminal behavior, child, child labor and neglect. Hence, the existence of a strong foster care system backed by legal and institutional frameworks is important to ensure maximum protection afforded to children placed under foster care. Foster children are usually children with no families or parents or those children whose parents can no longer take responsibility of their care and protection. In the US, each state has a Department of Child ...

Child abuse is a concern to everyone. It involves child maltreatment of a child who is below 18 years by a caregiver, parent or any custodian. Notably, child abuse can be physical, psychological, neglect or sexual. Ideally, concern is to check why cases of child abuse often occur. The potential or actual occurrence of child abuse is questionable. The failure of either the guardian or the parent to act in a manner that may result in child abuse is devastating. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), cases of child abuse are reported daily across the world ( ...

Criminal Justice: Women in Prison

In this paperwork, I am going to discuss issues in the incarceration of women such as mental illness, pregnancy, substance use, separation of family, as well as the environment. When the term Prisons is mentioned, we automatically switch our mind to young men, since approximately ninety percent of inmates are male, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is important to note that the proportion of imprisoned women is small, but this proportion consists of hundreds of thousand women, at present, living behind bars in the United States. Currently, the number of women wedged in the criminal justice ...

Article Abstracts

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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) has long been surrounded by controversy due to disagreement about its etiology and the validity of its associated phenomena. Researchers have conducted studies comparing people diagnosed with DID and people simulating DID in order to better understand the disorder. The current research presents a systematic review of this DID simulation research. The literature consists of 20 studies and contains several replicated findings. Replicated differences between the groups include symptom presentation, identity presentation, and cognitive processing deficits. Replicated similarities between the groups include interidentity transfer of information as shown by measures of ...

(Author Name) (Course Name/Number) Of all of the things that are important for the development of young children, there is one that goes without question. Play has dominated the social sciences are a true cornerstone in the healthy development of children, from infants through the adolescent years. Multiple types of play have been recognized in the years leading up to what many consider to be the height of psychological science, research, and implementation. It is through Symbolic play and Creative play that children are able to explore their limits, test possible solutions to problems, and learn how to navigate ...

The study was conducted to determine the efficacy of the ABC (Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-up) and it role in establishing secure attachment and attachment organization in children who are likely to, or have suffered maltreatment and neglect from their primary caregivers, typically their parents. The results of the intervention’s efficacy are crucial to design a program that will benefit both the parents who have a difficult time exuding sensitivity towards their children and especially those with a history of maltreatment as reported to the relevant authorities such as the Children’s Welfare Agency. The programs could be merely ...

Introduction

Effective parenting is essential to the moral development of a child. In fact, lack thereof compromises the ethical beliefs maintained by the child, and this could result in the indulgence in unacceptable behaviors. According to the Journal of Family Violence, females are more vulnerable to the effects of distant parenthood than the male gender (Bowles, Dana and Jennifer 681). As a result, witnessing traumatizing events in their early developmental stages could negatively affect their social abilities and integration with other people. With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that most of the female inmates had instances ...

Neglect means the lack of appropriate attention and care by a person who is responsible for taking care of somebody (for example, of children, of older people, etc.). Neglect also is defined as a passive form of abuse. Neglectful behavior can be recognized in parental unavailability, the lack of cognitive stimulation, and the lack of achievement expectations There are medical, physical, educational and emotional types of neglect. Physical neglect is a failure in providing appropriate nutrition and shelter. Educational neglect is a failure to satisfy educational, developmental needs of a person. Medical neglect is the lack of appropriate treatment ...

The Strengths and Stressors tracking device indicated an adequate environment (including stability in housing, safety in community, food and nutrition, personal hygiene, transportation). The results indicated that an inadequate attention is paid to the learning environment needs of the child, as indicated by lack of school supplies in the home as well as frequent school absences.(“Strengths and Stressors Tracking Device”, n.d.) The clear area of stress as indicated by Strengths and Stressors test was in the area of Family and Caregivers (“Strengths and Stressors Tracking Device”, n.d.) In this part of the instrument, respondents are asked to rate ...

Introduction

Adolescent sex offenders are youths aged between 12 years and 17 years who forcefully commit sexual acts with persons of any age, against the will of their victims or without consent in an exploitative, aggressive, and threatening manner (Ryan, 2010). It is difficult to accurately determine the prevalence of adolescent sex crimes due to the absence of comprehensive or accurate national statistics. However, the police, public, and policymakers are increasingly scrutinizing the instances where juveniles commit sexual offenses. Previously, the public did not pay attention to the problem, as most people were of the opinion that boys will always ...

According to the report "Child Maltreatment 2014" produced by the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACFY) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services the fundamental definition of child maltreatment is "any act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act, which present an imminent risk of serious harm" (8). As of today, in conformity with the rules and regulations of the majority of states, there are four basic types of child maltreatment, ...

Introduction

Society in the United States faces the spread of new challenge as to the family relations and attitude towards children by parents. In this regard, several social organizations note the increase in the level of the violent behavior in relation to the children what falls within the scope of the child abuse. In face, it is hard to measure all acts of the child abuse within the country as the majority of the families do not report the organizations about the inability to behave the child, while the social organizations responsible for the behavior of the children can not ...

Half the House Book Review

Introduction Half the House: Memoir is a cutthroat masterpiece by Richard Hoffman, and it was first published in the year 1995. The book was then republished in 2005 with an afterword added to the memoir in 1996. Hoffman claimed that the book was nonfiction and the scenes described in the book were experiences he underwent in his childhood life. However, the names of the characters have been altered safely for the name of the football coach that had sexually molested him in his childhood. The book describes the hardships Hoffman faced in the hands of the ruthless society, his ...

Domestic violence is a willful behavior where one person controls the other, which can take the form of abuse, intimidation, or assault. This behavior is systematic that can sometimes include psychological or objective violence. In domestic violence, the pattern of control and power is always perpetrated by one intimate partner against another, but the severity and frequency of the violence may vary dramatically. It is an epidemic that has affected persons of every community, whether they are from different country, have different ages, sex, religion, gender, economic status or sexual orientation. It has been observed that the victim has ...

Violence

Violence is universally defined as the deliberate application of force, usually physical, against oneself, other people or a group of people, which causes physical harm or severe injury that may consequently lead to death. The act has to be intentional in spite of any of the premeditated outcomes. Any activity that presents injurious risk is depicted as violent.

Unfortunately, violence is not only present in my community but also globally. It is the cause of death for a little over 1.5 million people in a year (WHO, 2002). Theses violent acts range from suicides, homicides, wars, domestic violence, wars and many ...

Implications of cultural patterns on health

Introduction Communities have distinguishable characteristics that make them different from the rest of the society around the world. Such cultural patterns are transferred from one generation to another for a very long period of time. According to Edberg (2013), every society across the world, has unique cultural practices as well as belief. However, some beliefs and practices are rewards to some members of that community, and a punishment to the rest of the community members. Such beliefs and practices include; female genital mutilation, early marriages and some religion practices and beliefs (Edberg 2013).

Female genital mutilation is the removal of ...

Domestic violence is also known as domestic abuse, intimate partner abuse and intimate partner violence. It is defined as a type of maltreatment that occurs in a romantic relationship . However, it is not isolated only between heterosexual relationships but also among homosexual partners. In fact, there are studies which suggest that the statistics of domestic violence among homosexual relationship continues to exist because majority of homosexuals who are victims of domestic abuse are personally restrained by their fear of being further humiliated or condemned. In the early part of 2014, as documented by MedicineNet.com approximately 2 million women ...

The Neglect of Children

Introduction The difficulty of understanding of child abuse and neglect phenomenon lies in the great amount of issues and problems, which this phenomenon occupies; and the variety of themes, that can be essential parts of this study or just have slight relation with child maltreatment studies. The information which is given in C. Crosson-Tower’s book of “Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect” has well-organized structure that is very important because the spectrum of child maltreatment problems is enormous and it is hard to assimilate it for the first time. That is why the author’s material is a ...

Child maltreatment, more commonly referred to as child abuse is a far-reaching problem in the United States of America. Child maltreatment includes single acts and series of acts. These can be overt acts of violence along with child neglect. A parent or another related or non-related person can commit these crimes. According to official statics for the year 2011 as reported by local, state and federal Child Protective Services (CPS), there were about 3.7 million referrals of child abuse or neglect. Those reports indicated 681,000 were mistreated. That is 9.1 per 1,000 children throughout the population. . This covered a ...

A controversial issue of human rights in the United States (US) is the question of whether or not a prisoner is entitled to rights under the Constitution. Presumably, a prisoner in the US has lesser constitutional rights due to criminal charges against him. Part of the punishment a prisoner receives from committing criminal acts is the denial of his freedom through prison detention that lasts depending on the sentence the court has issued. As per initial impression, it would seem that a prisoner has become less than a normal citizen due to his status as a legally detained individual. The fact that a prisoner has severely ...

There has been a significant growth in the number of violent juvenile crimes over the past decade, which has stirred a heated debate on effectiveness and viability of the juvenile system. According to statistics in the US Department of Justice at the beginning of the 21st century one among four residents in the US were below 18 years of age. Therefore, the number of minors has been large and providing services to this population has been a challenge. The government has been on a mission to ensure efficiency and viability of the system through allocation of resources and development of proper infrastructure (Demarest, ...

Oshinsky claimed that the farm penal system is worse than slavery because , the farm system was derived from the plantation model of imprisonment. An overall philosophy of punishment that rooted from racist assumptions regarding the abilities of the black prisoners in the South (Fisher-Giorlando , 2012, p. 1). The farm system is basically a combination of incarceration and working on a plantation as a slave. This system possesses elements of agricultural work, the population of black workers, neglect of rehabilitation, plantation mentality, isolation, the worthlessness of the prisoners and emphasis on the the economy (Forster, 1995 as quoted from Fisher-Giorlando , 2012). The condition ...

Abstract

In this paper, I will discuss how cartoon violence affects behavioral patterns in childhood. Several researchers have confirmed that visual media can affect the behavioral development in children because they learn social norms by following examples from social agents. Cartoons are a part of the visual media industry, and that is one of the major social agents that shape perspectives, rules, and norms in society. However, data analysis indicates that cartoons for children are frequently disguised as fantasy stories, but they promote more violence than programs focused on older audiences. Chronic exposure to violence through cartoons implicates normal psychological development ...

Introduction

Research varies from time to time depending of the incidence and prevalence of the cases being studied. In 2002 the research shows that, United State alone, had recorded millions and millions cases of child abuse and neglect (Alvarez, Kenny, Donohue & Carpin, 2004). Counselors and Psychotherapist, face many challenging issues in execution of their duties. Greipp (1997) argue that, some of the counselors and psychotherapist are victims of child abuse and neglect, or they are healing from a disorder of substance abuse. Such counselors and psychotherapist may react emotionally whenever they are confronted with the same issue that affected them before, ...

INTERGENERATIONAL NATURE OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

(Name of Student) INTERGENERATIONAL NATURE OF CHILD MALTREATMENT

Introduction

Intergenerational child maltreatment has been a taboo topic in previous research on child abuse with very little research undertaken on the topic despite the gravity of the issue in modern society. Intergenerational child maltreatment will form the topic for this research study, with exploration of the forms of child abuse and to examine the patterns of child maltreatment and adaptive coping to the numerous forms of child abuse among survivors of the vice. The hypothesis for this research will therefore be: experiencing more types of abuse would determine the relation between ...

Introduction

It is very common to hear of the term “risk factor” in epidemiology as well as in criminal behavior studies. In general, sense, a risk factor is a term used to refer to a variable that is associated with an alleviated risk of infection, disease or disorder. The number of identified diseases, disorders and infections are very large and consequently; the number of risk factors that increase the susceptibility to them is large. Each disease, infection or disorder has its own set of risk factors. However, some risks factors that have been found apply in all three aspects mentioned above. This paper ...

Child abuse is serious and an increasing problem across the country. Stories that exemplify tragic and severe examples of abuse and neglect are often publicized while many children continue to live quietly in situations that are never mentioned but equally disturbing. Child abuse and neglect impact as many as 1 in 4 children in America today. . There are many causes of abuse and neglect. The parents may not know how to properly care for children or have a history of being abused themselves . Substance abuse is also common. 70 percent of maltreatment cases involving children also involve substance abuse. The ...

Child Abuse

Child Abuse Child abuse is the maltreatment against a young mind. It can be in any form such as physical, emotional or much worse, sexual abuse. This maltreatment act has many implications that an abused child might suffer from. In many countries around the world, numerous reports have been filed regarding abusive practices that made countless children suffer. In fact, many organizations and advocates were and still fighting against child abuse in many forms. The purpose of this writing is to further describe what child abuse is and to describe its characteristics as this abusive child experience may come ...

Based on recent studies there is a correlation between child maltreatment and culture and ethnicity. Research indicates that child sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect are the most common forms of child maltreatment. However, childhood sexual abuse is the most common form of abuse among the Latinos with rates of almost 8%, which is higher than the childhood sexual abuse among the African Americans and the Asians. Additionally, childhood sexual abuse between the Chinese is lower than for the U.S children. This is because of the conservative Chinese cultural norms that discourage sexual activity at an early age. Child ...

Child abuse is serious and an increasing problem across the country. Stories that exemplify tragic and severe examples of abuse and neglect are often publicized while many children continue to live quietly in situations that are never mentioned but equally disturbing. Child abuse and neglect impact as many as 1 in 4 children in America today. . There are many causes of abuse and neglect. The parents may not know how to properly care for children or have a history of being abused themselves . Substance abuse is also common. 70 percent of maltreatment cases involving children also involve substance abuse. The ...

Child Maltreatment involves various types of abuse of a minor. A minor is any person below 18 years old. Such minors are in most cases mistreated by their caregivers, parents, teachers and other individuals in society (Robertson, 2010). Child maltreatment include but not limited to physical, emotional and sexual abuse as well as neglect. As a child care professional, it is important to identify any form of abuse and prevent it from progressing any further. As a professional in a day care facility, the first step to take after suspecting that a child is being abused is to carry out an investigation. One ...

The short-term and long-term effects of child abandonment and neglect are not things to be taken lightly (Trocme & Wolfe, 2001). Statistics indicate that child abandonment and neglect contribute to nearly half of all annual fatalities associated with child maltreatment (Erickson & Egeland, 2002). This paper opines that annual deaths associated with child neglect can be reduced by half if decent measures are established to minimize child abandonment and neglect. In addition, statistics indicate that child neglect or abandonment tops the list of child abandonment charts. This form of child maltreatment is not only the hardest to evaluate, but also ...

Parental separation has adverse effects on children growth and development. In part, children who witness parental conflicts and the eventual breakups develop hatred to the parents, and this may be exhibited through withdrawal signs by the child after parental re-introduction. Parental alienation is more common in modern times than it was before due to increased cases of parental divorce (Fidler & Bala 23). Children who have been alienated develop post-traumatic stress, and this has great impact during the re-unification process. Parents who separate from their children expose the young ones to extreme psychological and emotional abuse and this may lead ...

Introduction

Juvenile Prostitution, or child prostitution, is a type of sexual abuse involving the commercial sexual exploitation of children, in which a child provides the services of prostitution for the financial benefit. The term generally refers to prostitution by a minor, or a person below the local age of maturity. Many countries have employed strict laws against juvenile prostitution, which may include the people older than the age of maturity, for consent. Victims of juvenile prostitution are the most overlooked, misidentified, and underserved type of children. The lines differentiating between the roles of the victims and offenders in prostitution have begun to blur, ...

Reactive attachment disorder (RAD) is defined by DSM-V as a developmentally inappropriate and disturbed attachment behavior that is characterized by underdeveloped attachment towards the primary caregiver. RAD was introduced in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition (DSM-III) in 1980 and is considered as one of the disorders of infancy as it is thought to occur as early as 9 months of age (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2013). Attachment could be defined as a predisposition of an infant or child to seek comfort from a specific attachment figure, whom they consider as their primary caregivers. RAD is a condition where ...

Introduction

The film, The Hunger Games is a trilogy that tells a story of unending oppression, exploitation and injustice in the society. In the plot, there are twelve districts that are ruled by the capitol, and they are destitute, most of the inhabitants die as a result of starvation. The trilogy Hunger Games is set at some time in the future, and this story takes place in Panem. The setting consists of a capitol and twelve other districts though they were initially thirteen which were and ruled by the capitol.The Social Justice Issues Social injustice manifestation occurs in relation to poverty. Evidently, there ...

Social problem

The social problem to be addressed in my paper is the mistreatment of children. As a society, we have defined this problem and created standards for a child’s environment that we deem healthy. Ideally, the environment for a child should always be safe; emotionally, physically, and socially safe for their proper growth and development. The entire society is expected to have the children’s best interest at heart. When the environment of a child is reported and proven unsafe or insecure, the state government intervenes in the matter to help provide a conducive home for the child. This is where the Foster Care ...

Introduction

Child abuse refers to the child maltreatment by parents, adults or caretakers that cause emotional or physical harm to the child. Child abuse is divided into five major areas which include neglect, the witnessing of family violence, emotional maltreatment, physical and sexual abuse (Holt, Kitcmann & Kenny, 2013). Due to increased child abuse in Australia, there is a need for consideration and reflection on the ways to ensure that children are protected from child abuse. The essay explores a nursing care model for ensuring that children in Australia are protected from all the forms of child abuse. Additionally, it creates connections between ...

Introduction:

Parental substance abuse is ascribed to be the fundamental reason that has escalated the prevalence of child abuse and neglect. The rising trend in abuse and neglect have been made evident in both Australia and across the world, particularly from 1990 towards 2000 and beyond (Australian Institute, 2012). Data compiled and analyzed by the Institute of Child Protection studies, Australia, in 2012, provides evidence that substance abuse and addiction is the prime culprit in almost 70 to 90 percent of all the child-welfare spending (Australian Institute, 2013). Essentially, most of this funding is invested in putting up childcare ...

Importance of Health

Introduction In order to understand the importance of health, one should focus on the statistics on a particular aggregate group. Various indicators are floated in order to describe the health status of this particular group. This paper will consider the children of America as an aggregate group. Using literature from various scholars, the paper will examine this aggregate group with regards to various indicators. The paper will also examine where the responsibilities for the health of this aggregate group fall. In recognition of the raging disparities to access of health services for this group, this paper will evaluate how ...

Reflection Analysis

Since theoretical study on child abuse and neglect is extensive, there exist different theoretical explanations and understandings to every child maltreatment incident. Before we decide in which theory of child abuse and neglect an article falls, we should first consider some general points such as causation, possible outcomes and context of the article, then we apply particular theories. We need to take into account the multiplicity of how maltreatment has been understood because theories are made from homogenous research samples that restrict their soundness and application. This reflection analysis will cite five different articles concerning child abuse and ...

will help lower child abuse Children who come into foster care experience undergo maltreatment or abuse at one point of being in the foster care system (Dozier et al., 2009). In an article written by Bruskas (2008), over half a million children in the United States are under the foster care system. In the same article, it was said that children under the system are vulnerable and that traumatic experiences and increased exposure for more wounds like physical abuse or maltreatment and unstable environments add to the children’s vulnerability. Many of these children have a poor developmental and educational ...

Statistical reports are showing that in the fiscal year 2011, approximately 700, 00 children were victims of abuse and neglect. Childhood sexual abuse especially is a subject that has been subject to much attention in the recent years. An average of 25% of men and women were victims of a form childhood or adolescent sexual abuse. Child abuse cases are reported less often, which means the number of individuals who have been victims could be greater. With such a great number of people being victims, therapy is becoming necessary than before. Psychiatrists and psychologists are well aware of symptoms and long term ...

Introduction

US Department of justice (2013), define domestic violence as a sequence and pattern of abusive behavior present in a relationship. Domestic violence can appear in forms of physical, psychological, emotional, economic, or even sexual actions. Vocalized threats are also considered as domestic violence. The behaviors that produce damaging effects on the victim are acknowledged as violent. Which includes threatening, controlling, degrading, isolating, terrifying, terrorizing, forcing, fragmenting, bullying, blaming, hurting, harming, or wounding someone in a relationship (Siemieniuk, Krentz, Gish, Gill, 2010).The motive behind abusive position is attributed to the perpetrator’s need for power and control over one’s partner. ...

The case pertaining to child abuse is one of the most highly debated issues in the society. The emergence of the new forms of technology paved way for an immediate spread of prostitution and human trafficking around the world. Similarly, the issue of child abuse is related to the case of child neglect and mainly, the latter is the reason for the issues about child abuse. Diane DePanfilis of the US Children Welfare Information Gateway (2006, n.p.) quotes that: “Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. Unfortunately, neglect frequently goes unreported and, historically, has not ...

Impact of Divorce on children

A divorce can be a very traumatic experience for a family, more so for young children. Not only do they have to face the insecurities arising from a broken family, there can more far reaching impacts on their well being. This paper seeks to review literature to evaluate whether children belonging to divorces families are more likely to suffer through domestic violence. Four research questions were formed to analyze this impact and have been discussed in the following sections.

Question 1: Who are most likely to go through abuse?

According to several researches, there are specific situations of some families such as financial stress, domestic violence, social isolation, marital conflict and single ...

Clinical case formulation

Annie described her childhood as being chaotic. Her description included night terrors that commenced when she was approximately aged four-years, reoccurring again at ages eight and twelve. Annie stated she began having panic attacks when she was about fifteen years old. She said it was “ about the time her hormones started kicking in” She began self-analyzing he abuse and familial discord in her life and began seeing a psychiatrist. Her initial feelings were those of relief. Her counselors began a course of treatment that included private counseling, family counseling and medication. She followed a course of medication for approximately six or ...

Human behaviour is a complex topic because it is determined by various biological, social, and psychological factors. Depending on the factors influencing behaviour, a human being may act in a certain way without knowing why they had acted in such a manner. In Brain on Trial, David Eagleman explains the relationship that exists between neuroscience and criminal acts, and how this information can be used to build a better society with a justice system that is not ignorant of the facts of advances in brain science (121-123). This information can better equip those in the justice system to understand better why crimes occur and may ...