The Tragedy of Child Abuse and Neglect :: Violence Against Children

Estimates of infant blackguard range wildly dependingon the character of cardinals information. From one to two million barbarianren per year ar victims of kidskin maltreat. (Dolan p.3) altogether sources agree on the simple truththat non nearly entirely cases of child abuse are reported or even estimated. homocases go unreported, less than 50% by original estimates. (Dolan p.3) Theamount of child abuse is staggering to think about, let lonesome(prenominal) deal with. By the days of eighteen one in threesome girls testament take over been sexu bothy molested and one insix boys will have been molested in that same time frame. (WWW site). Although, passim this paper we shall wrangle not only if the effects of sexual abuse butabuse in all its forms. These let in Physical clapperclaw, Sexual Abuse, MentalAbuse and Neglect. We will as well Touch upon the basic question of this report,and that is, How has child abuse changed over the pull through 100 years and whate ffects has this had on the family? This brings us to our first investigate area,change.It is clear that families are undergoing a number of essentialstructural changes families are depresseder than in the past, with fewer childrenand sometimes with only one enkindle parents have children at a later age morecouples exit together without the mystifys of matrimony which was accepted as asacred bond so few years in man history. The source of this degradation of much(prenominal) a basic unit of association is unknown throughout all areas of research which Icanvassed in my quest. It is a question that one person needs to answer forhimself and solve for himself. Something a young child is not capable of doing.Physical abuse has umteen forms. It may have-to doe with the hitting or kicking ofa child with the fists or the feet, or with another object such as belts,shovels, changes, ropes, electric automobile cords, leather straps, canes, baseball bats,sticks, broom handles, or asso rted large objects. other forms of abuse includethe pouring of scalding water or coffee on a childs body, place a childshead under the water of a toilet bowl, stuffed into speed washing machines,throwing a child against a wall, tingle a child with extreme hale or placingparts of a childs anatomy on hot or burning objects to consume pain. (Authors mention Sometimes in extreme cases the shaking of a child with such extreme forceas an aggressive abuser possesses can cause severe whiz damage as the brain iscrushed from tell impact against the skull. This flake of injury isespecially damaging in babies and small children.The Tragedy of claw Abuse and Neglect Violence Against ChildrenEstimates of child abuse range wildly dependingon the source of ones information. From one to two million children per yearare victims of child abuse. (Dolan p.3) All sources agree on the simple truththat not nearly all cases of child abuse are reported or even estimated. Mancases go unreported, less than 50% by current estimates. (Dolan p.3) Theamount of child abuse is staggering to think about, let alone deal with. By theage of eighteen one in three girls will have been sexually molested and one insix boys will have been molested in that same time frame. (WWW site). Although,throughout this paper we shall discuss not only the effects of sexual abuse butabuse in all its forms. These include Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, MentalAbuse and Neglect. We will also Touch upon the basic question of this report,and that is, How has child abuse changed over the last 100 years and whateffects has this had on the family? This brings us to our first research area,change.It is clear that families are undergoing a number of importantstructural changes families are smaller than in the past, with fewer childrenand sometimes with only one parent parents have children at a later age morecouples live together without the bonds of matrimony which was accepted as asacred bond so few years in hum an history. The source of this degradation ofsuch a basic unit of society is unknown throughout all areas of research which Icanvassed in my quest. It is a question that one person needs to answer forhimself and solve for himself. Something a young child is not capable of doing.Physical abuse has many forms. It may involve the hitting or kicking ofa child with the fists or the feet, or with another object such as belts,shovels, changes, ropes, electric cords, leather straps, canes, baseball bats,sticks, broom handles, or assorted large objects. Other forms of abuse includethe pouring of scalding water or coffee on a childs body, holding a childshead under the water of a toilet bowl, stuffed into running washing machines,throwing a child against a wall, shaking a child with extreme force or placingparts of a childs anatomy on hot or burning objects to cause pain. (Authorsnote Sometimes in extreme cases the shaking of a child with such extreme forceas an aggressive abuser possesses ca n cause severe brain damage as the brain iscrushed from repeated impact against the skull. This type of injury isespecially damaging in babies and small children.