OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study, as part of a larger study on neighborhoods and child maltreatment, was to determine how parents residing in neighborhoods with differing profiles of risk for child maltreatment reports defined child abuse and neglect and viewed its etiology. METHOD Parents (n = 400) were systematically selected from neighborhoods (n=20) with different profiles of risk for ...

Child abuse and neglect include four distinct conditions: physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse and sexual abuse. The magnitude of the problem is not well defined. The lack of epidemiological data limits the extent to which sound public health and social welfare policies and intervention programmes could be developed, implemented and evaluated. In recent years two approaches have been develo...

Child abuse includes all forms of physical and emotional ill treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, and exploitation that results in actual or potential harm to the child's health, development, or dignity. In Taiwan, the Child Protection Medical Service Demonstration Center (CPMSDC) was established to protect children from abuse and neglect. We further analyzed and compared the trends and clinical c...

OBJECTIVE To identify demographic, family, parent, and child factors prospectively associated with risk for child abuse and neglect among families in the community, using data on child maltreatment obtained from both official records and youth self-reports. METHOD Surveys assessing demographic variables, family relationships, parental behavior, and characteristics of parents and children were...

diagnosing and assessing child abuse is a critical and difficult process in clinical psychology, because this phenomenon has several negative behavioral and psychological consequences on victims. the aim of this research is to create a scale for assessing child abuse and neglect. through a multiclustral sampling, 3042 secondary school students (boys and girls) were selected to fill (1) a list o...

CAN FAMILIES STOP hurting their children? Can abuse and neglect be prevented? I contend that the answer to both of these questions is yes and that, in fact, we do know how to prevent abuse and neglect. The interventions that are needed are easy to describe but difficult and expensive to provide. 1 offer this commentary as a reminder o f what is needed to prevent abuse and neglect and to suggest...

Article history: Received 17 April 2015 Received in revised form 20 November 2015 Accepted 21 November 2015 Available online 22 November 2015 The current study examines the relationship between aspects of social service availability and child maltreatment. Specifically, the study uses negative binomial regression to estimate whether service availability, accessibility, and receipt are associate...