Child abuse

Child abuse or child maltreatment is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. This is meant to be a learning resouces where educational and research materials related to child abuse and neglect can be organized and developed.

## Discussion questions and essay ideas

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* What can be done to help reduce the prevalence of child abuse?
* How might reducing poverty help to lower the rates of child abuse?

## Readings

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### Wikipedia

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* Child abuse
* Child sexual abuse
* Laws regarding child sexual abuse
* Child sexual abuse laws in the United States
* Child neglect
* Adverse childhood experiences
* Stress in early childhood
* Early childhood trauma
* Pedophilia
* Verbal abuse
* Alcoholism in family systems
* Psychological abuse
* Trafficking of children
* Female genital mutilation

### External

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* Screening Children
* Child Abuse and Neglect in the Home (ASU Center for Problem-Oriented Policing)
* What You Can Do to Prevent Child Abuse
* Save a Child: How to Identify and Report Child Abuse
* Government Resources: Society: Child Abuse

## See also

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* Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Child emotional abuse
* Motivation and emotion/Book/2015/Child sexual exploitation material access motivation
* Motivation and emotion/Book/2021/Cognitive behaviour therapy for emotional abuse
* Motivation and emotion/Book/2020/Paedophilic motivation
* Missouri's Statistics on Foster Care
* Social work