The Causes And Effects Of Child Abuse - 1044 Words

The Causes and Effects of Child Abuse Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, whether through action or failing to act, causes injury, emotional harm, and risk of serious harm or even death to child. There are four main categories of child abuse: physical, sexual, and emotional and neglect. Each type of abuse has many different signs to show a child is danger. There are many reports of child abuse reported a year in the US. If anyone suspects any sign of child abuse authorities should be notified so the proper action can be taken. Physical abuse includes visible injury such as broken bones, bruises, cuts, scratches, brain damage, sprains, or even death. Sexual abuse can be contact or non-contact. Signs for a child being sexually†¦show more content†¦Everyone has their own way of dealing with different situations and some just turn to child abuse as one form of escaping their problems. Some demographic factors are the age of the parents. The child’s parents might be at such a young age where they don’t understand the whole parenting situation and do not want to turn to anyone for help. The sex of the parent might make a difference as well (Child Help, 2015). A father might be more prone to child acts of child abuse rather than a mother. The sex of a child might play a role as well. Say if a parent wants a daughter but gets a son instead they might not be happy about it and take it out on the child. A parent’s social skill might make them not be in the right state of mind to care for their child. They might be living in an unstable environment or have unstable finances (Joyful Heart Foundation, 2015). Parents might have stress between each other and decide to take it out on the child or just might abuse their child if they were once abused themselves as a child growing up. Depression and substance abuse can play a big role as well. After a situation of child abuse there might be many different outcomes. There will automatically be a relationship between the Criminal Justice System and Child Protective Services for any case reported. Every report will be investigated by CPS, CJS,