Child neglect physical

The term child abuse contains many different forms of cruelty against children - neglect, physical violence, sexual abuse -whether by their own parents, staff in residential institutions, paedophile priests or total strangers. Over the last decade, public perceptions of the problem have become increasingly focused on sexual abuse and sensationally atypical cases outside the family. 

MacDonald, K. (1987). Parent-child physical play with rejected, neglected and popular boys. Developmental Psychology s, 705-711. 

Physical abuse and neglect are the most common forms of maltreatment among parents who use drugs (Chaffin, Kelleher and Hollenberg 1996 Locke and Newcomb 2003 Child Welfare Information Gateway 2004). 

Chaffin, M., Kelleher, K. and Hollenberg, J. (1996) Onset of physical abuse and neglect psychiatric substance abuse and social risk factors from social community data. Child Abuse and Neglect 20, 191-203. 

Corcoran, J. (2000) Family interventions with child physical abuse and neglect a critical review. ... 

Through preoccupation with the abusing or addicted child s problems, parents neglect and sacrifice their own well-being (and those of other children in the family) to their physical and emotional cost. 

F. There are signs of physical or sexual abuse or neglect multiple or unusual bmises a broken bone or bums a very dirty, unkempt child or a child with a flat affect or indifferent or inappropriate behavior. 

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