To hear music click button to the right of the sound. Found no race differences in maltreatment incidence. Approximately 1 in 6 boys will be sexually abused before they are 16yrs old. Girls are sexually abused three times more often than boys.
Poverty is significantly related to incidence rates in nearly every category of maltreatment.
Child abuse is any form of physical harm, emotional deprivation, sexual mistreatment, or neglect, which can result in injury or psychological damage to a child. In other words, when children are made to suffer pain, either emotionally or physically, they are being abused. There are four major types of child abuse. The inflicting of physical injury upon a child. This may include, burning, hitting, punching, shaking, kicking, beating, or otherwise harming a child.