A Discussion of Child Abuse
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Child maltreatment, including the sexual abuse of children and adolescents, is a problem of enormous social significance in the United States today. According to the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence (2003), a nationally representative sample of 12 to 17 year-olds revealed that as much as 8 percent reported a lifetime prevalence of sexual assault, 17 percent reported physical assault, and 40 percent reported witnessing violence. While only 20 percent of children exposed to or victims of a traumatic event have been identified as manifesting a psychiatric disorder, of those who do have such disorders, the diagnosis tends to be some type of anxiety disorder, a category which include post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (National Center for children Exposed to Violence, 2003). Further, the Children's Bureau (2003) reported that's as of 2001, about 903,000 children (about 12.4 children per 1000 in the population) were victims of some type of abuse or neglect. Of that total û which represents an estimate and not a firm number û 9.6 percent were identified as likely to be victims of sexual abuse. The problem is therefore of significance to social workers and other members of the "helping professions" who provide prevention and intervention services to members of this population. This report will offer an overview of the incidence and effects of child abuse in the United States. It will demonstrate that child a
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is therefore an important activity needed to create more comprehensive and efficient service delivery systems.
Child abuse is a multi-faceted phenomenon, including mental or emotional injuries, physical injuries, sexual injuries, and exposure of the child to any of these types of harm (Legal definitions ofà, 2002). The effects of child abuse on its victims, according to Baker (1999), can be both life-threatening and long-lasting. Many victims of child abuse fail to develop normally, are at risk for academic failure or dropout, are vulnerable to other risk-taking behaviors, and potentially likely to become abusive adults (Baker, 1999). Because this is the case, early identification and intervention are seen as necessary to provide for the short-term and long-term safety and security of child abuse victims. Further, intervention that assists the abusive parent or responsible caretaker in eliminating the abusive behavior can be extremely important in maintaining family integrity (Baker, 1999).
Intervening in cases in which children have been abused sexually, physically, psychologically, or emotionally is complicated by the fact that many instances of child abuse are unreported or underreported (Sullivan & Knutson, 2000). There
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