Child Abuse
Child Abuse | The Prevalence of Child Abuse Is Exaggerated
With a new government-funded study in hand, Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala diagnosed a rising epidemic of child abuse in September 1996. She reported that “child abuse and neglect nearly doubled in the United States between 1986 and 1993”—and that was only the beginning of the ugly news. The number of “serious” cases had quadrupled, and the percentage of cases being investigated by the authorities had actually declined by 36 percent, trends that she called “shameful and startling.”
Is Shalala right? Is an unheeded child-abuse epidemic...
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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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