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It was established in 1977 and is the official journal of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. It is published by Elsevier and the editor-in-chief is Christine Wekerle (McMaster University). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 2.899.
Child Abuse Review. Child Abuse Review is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal with a focus on child protection, including research findings, practice developments, training initiatives and policy issues. It is also the journal of the Association of Child Protection Professionals (AoCPP), formerly the British Association for the Study and ...
A dysfunctional family affects familial ties and creates conflicts in the same family space. Subdivision of dysfunctional families. A dysfunctional family is a family in which conflict, misbehavior and often child neglect or abuse on the part of individual parents occur continuously and regularly. Children that grow up in such families may ...
A child abuse fatality occurs when a child's death is the result of abuse or neglect, or when abuse or neglect are contributing factors to a child's death. In 2008, 1,730 children died in the United States due to factors related to abuse; this is a rate of 2 per 100,000 U.S. children.
The physical effects of domestic violence on children, unlike the effects of direct abuse, can start when they are a fetus in their mother's womb, which can result in low infant birth weights, premature birth, excessive bleeding, and fetal death due to the mother's physical trauma and emotional stress. Increased maternal stress during the times ...
Child protection (also called child welfare) is the safeguarding of children from violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect. It involves identifying signs of potential harm. This includes responding to allegations or suspicions of abuse, providing support and services to protect children, and holding those who have harmed them accountable.
Child Maltreatment. (journal) Child Maltreatment is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of psychology, family studies and social work. It has been in publication since 1996 and is currently published by SAGE Publications in association with American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.
That includes 93 children who died from abuse and neglect, representing 4.05 deaths for every 100,000 children. That was 1.3 times the state’s 2018 rate, and higher than the 2022 national ...