Child Abuse
Child Abuse | Family Preservation Laws Put Children at Risk for Abuse
On the day before Easter the mentally unstable mother of a five-year-old Bronx boy named Daytwon Bennett tied him to a chair and beat him to death with a broomstick. Starving when he died—he weighed just 30 pounds—Daytwon had suffered “multiple blunt impact injuries” over a long period, according to the autopsy report. Daytwon was not unknown to the child welfare authorities. They had removed him from his mother’s custody and placed him in foster care on four separate occasions in his short lifetime—only to uproot him and send him back to her for more abuse each time.
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Is Child Abuse a Serious Problem?
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Chapter 2: What Causes Child Abuse?
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Substance Abuse Is Responsible for Child Abuse
- Family Preservation Laws Put Children at Risk for Abuse
- The Foster Care System Exposes Children to Abuse
- Parental Cohabitation Exposes Children to a Greater Risk of Abuse
- Poverty Causes Child Abuse
- A Parental History of Abuse Is a Major Risk Factor in Child Abuse
- Chapter 3: How Can Society Respond to Child Abuse?
- Chapter 4: Will Changes in the Criminal Justice System Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse?
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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