Child Abuse

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Term Paper Title	Child Abuse
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Child Abuse

Child Abuse

     Maltreatment of children is not a new phenomenon.  It dates back far
into history, as far as the colonial times and even back to biblical times.
During the recent years child maltreatment has had an increase in the publics
eye.  There are many factors to child maltreatment.  There are four general
categories of child maltreatment now recognized.  They are physical abuse,
sexual abuse, neglect and emotional maltreatment.  Each category, in turn,
covers a range of behavior.  The maltreatment of children not only affects the
children themselves, but also affects the family intern making it dysfunctional.

Physical Abuse

     Physical abuse may be best defined as any non-accidental physical injury
by a person who has care, custody, or control of a child.  The definition
contains two key aspects, the act is intentional or willful, and/or the act
resulted in physical injury.  Accidental does not qualify as child abuse.
(Wallace,29)

      Physical abused children do not fit any type of stereotype.  Abuse
occurs in all neighborhoods.  Also, abusers come in all shapes, sizes, colors,
and sexes.  There are many signs of physical abuse.

        First the location and types of injuries, many time the parent or care
takers will deny any wrong doing or the child has suffered any physical injury.
There are always those injuries that consist of a normal childhood upbringing,
such as falling of their bike or bumping their head.  Then, there are those
which they cannot be explained.  When caretakers deny any injuries or have no
knowledge of an injury, there is a very strong likely hood that physical abuse
exists.  Here are some of the signs of physical abuse.

     Bruises happen for various of accidental reasons.  There are also
bruises that are tell tale signs of abuse.  Bruises have a time clock that can
tell when it happened.  Also, the location of the bruise can tell a story.
Bruises on the front part of the body are often signs of normal bruises from
just falling ECT.  Bruises found on the back of the arm, leg, lower back, the
butt and genital are suspicious bruises and often questioned bruises.  Patterned
bruising is also a sign of abuse.  Normal bruises are in various shapes and
sizes. While some bruises that are a patterned show strong signs of abuse.
These are bruises that have definite boundaries and sharp and curved edges.  For
example rope, rulers, hand prints and so on. (wallace,38)

     Burns are also a sign of abuse.  Burns are patterned lik...

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