Child Abuse

2. 1. Physical abuse.

3 2. 2. Sexual abuse.

3 2. 3. Emotional abuse.

4 2. 4. Failure of thrive. 4 2. 5. 1. Child labour. 4 2. 5. 2. Child prostitution.

5 2. 6. Child pornography.

6 Noticing abuse.

-. 6 The victims. 7 The abuser. 8 6. Help.

9 7. Summary of the books 7. 1. Chinese Handcuffs. 9 7. 2. Escape. 11 7. 3. A Rock And A Hard Place. 12 8. Bibliography. 16 1. Introduction Most children are brought up in happy, loving families, but for a huge number of children these needs are not fulfilled. During the past few years, society has begun to recognise that relationship between children and adults often goes wrong sometimes violently wrong.

Child abuse is a delicate subject. Although everyone agrees that it exists, finding an exact definition is difficult. In the book Child abuse I found one, that I like very much.

Child abuse is a prison of fear and lies. A child abused is left with scars that take a long time to heal. Some children may never fully recover unless they receive help.

2. Different kinds of child abuse Every year 150 200 children die of child abuse in Britain. There are several different types of child abuse, although the exact categories vary from country to country. In Britain five types of abuse are recognised: physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, emotional abuse and failure to thrive. In many cases children don t suffer only from one type, for example, sexual abuse often includes emotional abuse.

In the following pages I worked out more details of four of these types plus child labour, plus child prostitution and plus child pornography.

2. 1. Physical abuse Physical abuse is the most recognised type of abuse, because the consequences, like broken bones, burns, bites, bruises and brain damages are often visible. But many injuries look like the result ...