CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM Child Abuse and Neglect as A Social Problem Students Name Course/Section Number Date 1 CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM 2 Child maltreatment/abuse continues to be a considerable social problem in the United States and the world at large. The confirmed fatalities from child abuse have increased both in number and prevalence over the last five years. Child abuse is considered an act or failure to act by a parent or guardian that puts a child in imminent danger of serious risk of injury. Child abuse includes emotional, physical or psychological, sexual abuse, and neglect. Physical abuse is the infliction of physical injury, either from burning, kicking, or punching a child. Child neglect is the inability to offer a basic child's need. Emotional abuse includes actions like being inattentive to the affection needs or not providing psychological care. Fondling of a child's genitals, rape, intercourse, sodomy, and commercial exploitation are all examples of sexual abuse. Added to the physical harms, abused children are prone to suffer intense emotional damage and can have severe social issues like school struggles, juvenile delinquency, and drug abuse (Zeanah & Humphreys, 2018). Child neglect and abuse are preventable, and there are strategies for reducing the burdens on both the child and the community. As a result, proponents in the public health sector, local leaders, and legislators are implementing effective strategie ...
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