child Abuse

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Child abuse is the sexual . Emotional or physical mistreatment of children . According to Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States of America child abuse is maltreatment of children or acts of commission or omission by parents or caregivers , which causes harm or threat a harm to a child . Various jurisdiction have various definitions of child abuse all aimed to preventing a child from any harm by parents or the other people

who may harm a child . Child abuse mostly occurs in homes with other smaller cases of abuse occurring in schools , children organizations and in the community (Schwartz-Kenney , McCauley Epstein 2001

Physical abuse acts as one factor that play a part in deciding how the child grows and whom the child becomes in future . Physical abuse involves repeated injuries , beating , kickings and other forms of torture that are done to the children . Physical injury is the most common and well known form of child abuse . It is also easily recognized because it can be seen by markings and bruises on which may be seen on the body of child . In many countries laws non accidental physical injury to a child which results to physical disability or impairment , are termed as physical abuses . Substance abuse also constitutes child abuse under the law . If manufacturing or use of substance abuse occurs in the presence of a child this is termed as child abuse . This...