Child Abuse Investigation
Introduction
Child abuse is a criminal offence where the physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment or neglect of a child or children and in other word child abuse can be defined as causing or permitting any harmful or offensive contact on a child's body; and, any communication or transaction of any kind which humiliates, shames, or frightens the child. Some child development experts go a bit further, and define child abuse as any act or omission, which fails to nurture or in the upbringing of the children. Child abuse is also defined in federal law.
The world is now more advanced in the fields of economics, science and technology but the problem of child abuse is also increasing on par with world progress. Even there many laws implemented against this offence but there is no much effective result or improvement shown by the society. There are few factors contribute to child abuse such as the parents background, their economical level, psychological problem, improper caregiver, unintended pregnancy and some other factors.
Types of Child Abuse
Child abuse is a common given name when children get disturbed through mentally or physically. So it is divided into several categories such as physical abuse, child sexual abuse, psychological / emotional abuse and neglect. Physical child abuse is an aggressive action of an adult toward the children such hitting with a hand, stick, strap, or other object; punching, kicking, shaking, throwing, burning, stabbing, or choking to the extent that demonstrable harm results.
Child sexual abuse is the include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities (regardless of the outcome), indecent exposure of the genitals to a child, displaying pornography to a child, actual sexual contact against a child, physical contact with the child's genitals, viewing of the child's genitalia without