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Crosson-Tower, C. (2014). Understanding child abuse and neglect. 9thEdition.
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Running head: CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
Child abuse and neglect
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Child abuse and neglect
Chapter 1
Question 1
Child abuse has a long history. Presumably, they have been abused by their parents or other
people since the beginning of time. For several decades, children laws have neglected to protect
children from such acts. Under English common law, children were regarded as their father’s
properties, since their mothers were regarded as their husband’s property.
Question 2
Elizabeth poor law was enacted in order to deal with the poor. Each parish was required to
choose two overseers of the poor. The overseer would set a poor tax for their parish depending
on the need and then gather money from the landowners.
Question 3
Indenture is a binding and legal agreement, document, or contact between parties. In history, it
refers to a binding contract where a person would work for another for agreed period of time.
Question 4
There is evidence from several sources in U.S and U.K reports that overall trends regrading sex
values, attitudes, values, and exploitation against children have reduced since the 1990s, showing
an impact from several years of policy initiatives for violence and sexual prevention.
Question 5
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Incest is regarded as a taboo as it prohibits sexual relationships between people who are closely
related. There is an inborn, instinctual aversion, which may reduce the adverse genetic impacts
of inbreeding, including greater chances of congenital birth defects.
Question 6
Battered child syndrome came about during the re-emergence of political and public concerns
regar...