SOCI 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Child Neglect, Child Murder, Social Learning Theory
12 Jun 2018
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Characteristics of child abuse
-boys experience more severe types of battery
-sexual victimization the victim is female
- higher rates of neglect and physical abuse of families who live in poverty and
these can be some of the most severe cases we see.
-class is a huge factor that shapes child physical abuse and neglect but does not
affect child sexual abuse
-children that have disabilities can be children at greater risk to experience abuse.
-age can put children at greater risk of abuse, the older the kid gets the more serve
the abuse gets.
2 types of child neglect attentional and un-attentional neglect,
child fatality
- Usually happens in younger children as there body cant take the injury
- Infant homicide, often if accidental and from head injury or strangling,
- Younger child will likely be a family member, adolescents usually by
stranger
- Neglect 45% nearly half
- Poverty, parental absent and drug use are related to child homicide.
40% of all known child abuse that is considered to be true is of child neglect.
31% of all known child abuse is physical abuse
10% is child sexual abuse
19% Is emotional abuse.
22% of child abuse cases is suspicious and their isn’t enough evidence to move
further, the hardest type of evidence case if child sexual abuse,
-physical and neglect show some signs
2 understands with child neglect/physical abuse
1) individual pathology model, is an argument that says the abuser is sick,
medical model to explain the actions of the perpetrator.
2) Parent-child interaction model, parent child relationship has chosen
problems from the beginning. Poor attachment to the child, (special
needs, come into family not at infancy) role reversal between the parent
and the child, the parent expects the child to meet the needs of the
parents, (disability, addiction, cognitive impairment) social learning
theory, you are hurt as a child, when you grow up you become the
abuser, the learn what they live.
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Document Summary
Higher rates of neglect and physical abuse of families who live in poverty and these can be some of the most severe cases we see. Class is a huge factor that shapes child physical abuse and neglect but does not affect child sexual abuse. Children that have disabilities can be children at greater risk to experience abuse. Age can put children at greater risk of abuse, the older the kid gets the more serve the abuse gets. 2 types of child neglect attentional and un-attentional neglect, child fatality. Usually happens in younger children as there body cant take the injury. Infant homicide, often if accidental and from head injury or strangling, Younger child will likely be a family member, adolescents usually by stranger. Poverty, parental absent and drug use are related to child homicide. 40% of all known child abuse that is considered to be true is of child neglect. 31% of all known child abuse is physical abuse.
