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CHILD MALTREATMENT EXAM GUIDEQ&A
Child Abuse - Answer-act of commission
Child Neglect - Answer-- act of omission
- failure to meet the minimum necessities of child
Mary Ellen - Answer-- Abandoned by family in 1870's
- adopted at 18 months
- beaten/whipped
- Came to attention of Etta Wheeler - investigated without help from police
- myth that Mary was protected under animal protection laws bc couldnt get aid as a
child
- Etta places Mary in care of Etta's mother - taught skills she never learned as child
- Lived to be 92
- As result of her case The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was
founded
in re Gault - Answer-Gerald Francis Gault aged 15 - made lewd remarks over phone
- sentenced
- after case juveniles were given due process rights (right to an attorney, the notice of
charges, the right to remain silent, etc.)
Prince Vs. Massachusetts - Answer-- Jehovah's witness, Sarah Prince convicted for
violating child labor laws after she had her 9 yo niece distributing religious literature
- She stated that she was protected under her right to exercise religious freedom
- Supreme court ruling - states have right to interfere in family relationships to protect
children, even when challenged with religious freedom
Parens Patriae - Answer-"father of his country" - state is ultimate guardian for children
and mentally incompetent
Fair Labor Standards Act - Answer-- limited child labor (under 14 cant work)
- over 14 can only work 3 hr/day during school year, no more than 40/wk when not in
school
Child Abuse Prevention Act - Answer-provides funding to states for investigation and
prevention of child abuse (as long as st has mandated reporting laws)
Kempe's Battered Child Syntrome - Answer-- described techniques to evaluate children
(xray invention)
- reason behind mandated reporting
- previous research had ignored obvious signs of what could be considered mal
, Risk Factors Female Caregivers - Answer-more likely to be guilty of child neglect
Risk Factors Male Caregivers - Answer-more likely for child abuse - more likely for
sexual abuse
Substance Abuse - Answer-stronger relationship to neglect than abuse
Mental Illness - Answer-Depression has biggest relationship to neglect/abuse (mostly
maternal)
Lack of Preparation of parents to be a parent - Answer-- misunderstanding of what
children can do themselves
- overreliance on physical punishment
- maternal age/education are risk factors
Child Factors: Age - Answer-- more dependent on caregivers
- more normative to use physical force on them
- danger of injury due to small size/strength
- problems regulating emotions/communicating
Child Factors: Sex - Answer-female at greater risk
Child Factors: Tempermant/disabilities - Answer-greater risk
Family Factors: Intergenerational Transmission - Answer-if maltreated as child,
increases likelyhood that you will maltreat your child
Family Factors: Size (single parents) - Answer-- single father - greater risk
- risk factor for PN, PA, EN, EdN
- single working mothers
Family Factors: Domestic Violence - Answer-- direct or inderect harm to child
Cultural Factors: - Answer-- low socioeconomic status (inability to provide for children,
stress, lack of relaxation, etc)
- relationsihp between socioeconomic status and authoritarian parenting
- children are only people in U.S. it is legal to hit
- chidlren are property of parents - corporal punishment is legal to certain degree
Poverty factors: - Answer-strongly correlated to many types of mal (neglect esp)
National Incidence Studies: - Answer-income related to all categories of mal EXCEPT
for emotional neglect and child fatalities
Mandated Reporters: - Answer-obligated to report if abuse is suspected
- Permissive reporters: able to report but not mandatory
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