Exam 4: Introduction to Child Abuse Neglect

The National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect uses two definitional standards for its research on child abuse and neglect. These are the:

Distinguish between an act of commission versus an act of omission.

Debate how ancient societies strengthened their population by abandoning specific children.

During ancient times, what burden would allow fathers to murder their own infants in a "practical killing", a practice viewed as promoting the general welfare of the society?

An act of ________ is the failure to provide for a child's basic physical, emotional, or educational needs.

Educational neglect is defined as:

The ________ standard used in the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect study requires that an act of omission results in demonstrable harm in order to be classified as abuse or neglect. Its principal disadvantage is that it is so stringent that it provides a perspective that is too narrow for many purposes; it excludes even many children whom CPS substantiates or indicates as abused or neglected.

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement. -The non-accidental physical injury to a child

Select the correct term with the corresponding statement. -The sexual exploitation of children

Under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA), as amended in ________, children are allowed to submit victim impact statements.

What is the impact of domestic violence in child custody hearings?

Adolescents are the most frequent victims of child neglect.

________ is the concept of a parent failing to provide for the basic needs of a child.

In Colonial America, parents were sanctioned under ________ to put a disobedient child to death for noncompliant behaviors.

Sexual abuse of children is an issue of power and ________, not love and intimacy.

Emotional or psychological ________ is typically defined as injury to the psychological capacity or emotional stability of the child, as evidenced by an observable or substantial change in behavior.

During ancient times infants were:

Almost 75 percent of deaths due to abuse and neglect occur before age three.

The Administration on Children, Youth and Families is the governing office of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) of the Children's Bureau. National and state statistics about child maltreatment come from the data collected by child protective services agencies and reported to NCANDS.

The Department of Health and Human Services in 2017 determined that the majority of child abuse perpetrators are between the ages of 18 and 44.