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year in the United States there are hundreds of thousands of children who are abused (Hwang 1999). A recent issue of JAMA reporte...

low protection from it. Academic performance was much better for low risk, high protection students. It was also shown that girls ...

This paper considers A-1654, a new New Jersey law requiring the education of new parents about what constitutes child abuse and ho...

improving social welfare, social workers can work in a variety of different arenas and industries. For instance, some go into coun...

This essay presents the argument that Frankenstein's monster in Mary Shelley's novel is a sympathetic, sensitive character who is ...

were perceived and what sort of behavior was considered appropriate in regards to children has changed considerably over the cours...

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

2008). Nevertheless, it is widely acknowledged that using testing measures to screen for depression is beneficial, as this identif...

harm in which a child sustains physical damage and emotional harm in which the charge is endangered psychologically. This harm ca...

include intra-psychic, interpersonal and social factors. Stack (145) is just one researcher to investigate the effects of modern...

counselor, not wanting to agitate the situation but realizing she had to uncover more information, asked whether or not Jennifers ...

that other psychological associations would do well to emulate. For example, it provides a student for decision-making that Canadi...

inadequate parenting and emotional abuse? 2. What do studies suggest about the impact of emotional abuse? 3. What are the long t...

(Nester, 1998). The physical harm a child incurs as a result of child abuse, of course, is inextricably coupled with the...

and poverty has been established for many years, and it may be argued that it is the less well-off social classes children will al...

toward personal rights the Warren Court upheld was met with great consternation by conservatives who believed the Supreme Court ju...

1994). Physical abuse are aggressive acts such as hitting, punching, kicking, shaking, or burning a childe while sexual abuse can...

(physical, sexual, and emotional), neglect (physical, medical, and educational), abandonment, and multiple maltreatments that enco...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

these characteristics are the fact that women tend to bond more strongly with children then men do; they tend to prefer "older and...

question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his ...

are likely committing such acts with the perpetrator out of imposed fear. Part of the coercion is likely based on verbally listed ...

mourning (Browne, 2002). The basics are supported by numerous secondary sources, however the study is undertaken as a qualitative ...

A nonorganic failure to thrive can also be an indication of child abuse. Child abuse can entail actual physical harm in which a c...

with the humiliation and grief typically associated with child abuse. Indeed, children have no fewer rights than their adult coun...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

and bravery and excitement. They beg for it many times as they beg to be spun like an airplane or hung upside down. They trust the...

this concept, and in his attachment theory, he explained, "Evidence is accumulating that human beings of all ages are happiest an...

want to accept glib explanations for the signs of abuse because they do not want to feel that they have to get involved in a domes...

Child abuse can be either an act of commission or omission (Nester, 1998). It can take the form of physical abuse, emotional abus...