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Child abuse
* Most child abuse comes from selfish parents
  - happens at the hand of a parent and occurs mainly in the child's home
  - has nothing to do with sex
  - involves parents or other family members
  - is done in heterosexual homes
  - occurs in either the victim or the offender's home
* Most child abuse occurs in the family home
  - takes place in the home
* affects the entire community.
* can affect many aspects of a child's behavior and performance in school
  - arise out of denying children food or can be in any form of ill treatment
* can be fatal
  - physical or emotional harm caused to children by their parents or guardians
  - physical, emotional - verbal, sexual or through neglect
  - verbal abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse
* can cause long-term psychological and physical problems for the child
  - major mental health problems
  - whiplash injuries in children through excessive or violent shaking
  - have serious future consequences for the victims involved
  - include physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
* can occur in any family and community in America
  - household from the hands or mouth of any authority figure
  - significantly alter a childs growth and development
  - take on many forms
* can, of course, affect custody decisions.
* claims more than one million victims per year worldwide.
* common cause of burns.
* community problem.
* consists of different types of harmful acts directed toward children.
* contributes to homelessness as well, for example, by creating runaways.
* crime in Alaska.
* crosses all economic, cultural, ethnic, and geographic lines.
* cuts across all socio-economic groups, race, and religion
  - socioeconomic, racial and geographical boundaries
* daily occurrence viewed on the evening news.
* deeply hurtful and potentially damaging experience.
* denies the worth of the child.
* difficult and upsetting area to work in.
* entails the betrayal of a caregiver's position of trust and authority over a child.
* fact all over the world.
* happens at every income level
  - behind the closed doors of troubled families
* happens in all cultural, ethnic, and income groups
  - families of all races, religions, social circles, and economic classes
* happens to children with disabilities
  - teens too
  - when an adult mistreats or neglects a child
* has a high frequency involving the child with some authority source person
  - lifelong effects
  - long-term impacts
  - serious and sometimes fatal consequences
* includes physical, sexual, neglect and emotional abuse.
* is abuse
  - against the law
  - also rampant
* is an area rife with much naivete and misconception
  - equal opportunity problem
  - every day occurrence
  - injury or a pattern of injuries to a child that is non-accidental
  - insidious and growing problem
  - any mistreatment or neglect of a child that results in harm or injury
  - correlated with later delinquency
  - costly for many social institutions
  - dangerous and against the law
  - different because traditionally, it has always included neglect as a form of abuse
  - far more likely to occur in the child's home than in a day care center
  - fifteen times more likely to occur in families where domestic violence is present
* is more common than many people realize
  - prevalent than many people realize
  - severe and more dangerous to the child than is child neglect
  - notifiable in all States and Territories except South Australia and Queensland
* is one of the most commonly overlooked crime
  - serious problems affecting the nation today
  - terrible crimes in our society today
  - pandemic throughout the world
  - physical abuse, sexual abuse and neglect
* is the leading cause of death for children under the age of five
  - trauma deaths for children under eight
  - mistreatment or neglect of a child which results in harm to the child
* is the most common cause of infant death and morbidity from head injury
  - loathsome form of abuse to which members of our society can stoop
  - thought to be uncommon, and there have been few child abuse prosecutions
  - typically a crime among families
  - very circular, affecting self-esteem and social development
  - when the parent or caretaker is lashing out to relieve their own pent-up frustration
* leaves permanent physical and emotional scars for a lifetime.
* major factor in contributing to criminal behavior
  - problem in our society
  - public health problem
* means that a parent or step-parent injures a child on purpose, time after time.
* multi-billion dollar legal child abuse industry.
* national epidemic.
* occurs disproportionately in homes where domestic violence exists.
* occurs in all cultural, ethnic, occupational, and socioeconomic groups
  - every age group, every race, every religion and every economic group
  - with alarming frequency
* occurs within every neighborhood and school community across the country
  - the family and cultural context
* pattern of behavior that often is passed down from one generation to the next.
* popular subject for books and movies.
* pox on the very nature of the world.
* problem that affects our entire society.
* refers to emotional, physical or sexual abuse.
* serious and often hard to detect problem
  - offense in thie country
  - problem in today's society
* serious social problem that requires our attention
* signal for the existence of family problems.
* significant problem in Arizona.
* silent crime.
* societal problem that impacts all people.
* spawns another form of disability.
* stunts a child's normal growth and development.
* stymies a child's normal growth and development.
* symptom that parents are having difficulty coping with their situation.
* takes many forms, including corporal punishment
* term generally associated with abuse by a parent.
* terrible crime, and also a high profile crime.
* vicious cycle.
* well hidden, well protected and deeply rooted problem in our society.