Every state has mandatory reporting laws that require certain professionals like doctors or teachers to report child abuse and neglect. But in Florida, every adult is a mandated reporter. Florida law ...

Domestic and sexual abuse is a common problem in the United States, affecting millions and is characterized by a pattern of abusive behavior that a person uses to gain or maintain power and control ...

Do parents abused as children become child abusers? Many interacting factors increase risk for intergenerational maltreatment ...

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a pervasive public health and social problem that affects approximately one in four girls and one in twenty boys. Preventing CSA requires identifying, detecting, and ...

Comprehensive guide on child abuse in Oklahoma: Know the signs, historical context, and community resources for intervention and prevention during statewide Child Abuse Prevention Month. What is Child ...

H.R. 712, introduced by Representatives Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) and Julia Brownley (D-CA), amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to expand the data collected around child abuse cases to ...

Child sexual abuse is uncomfortable to think about, much less talk about. The idea of an adult engaging in sexual behaviors with a child feels sickening. It’s easiest to believe that it rarely happens ...

Figures have been published for the first time estimating the proportion of adults in England and Wales who are likely to have experienced any type of abuse during childhood, including neglect. Here ...