Defined by state statutes. Usually occurs when a parent purposefully harms a child.
The emotional, psychological, physical, sexual or social abuse of a child including neglect.
An injury or pattern of injuries to a child that is non-accidental and the result of acts or omissions of a child's caretaker. Types of abuse include physical abuse, sexual abuse and denial of critical care. Child abuse and neglect, or maltreatment, are defined in both federal and state law. Federal law provides a foundation for states by identifying a minimum set of acts or behaviors that define physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse. The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act defines child abuse and neglect, at a minimum, as "any recent act or failure on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation; or an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm" to a person under age 18.
Maltreatment of a child involving physical injury.
Child abuse is the term used to describe the indecent physical contact with a child carried out by a parent, guardian or adult.
The physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children
Situation where a child's (less than eighteen years of age) parent or person legally responsible for his/her care inflicts or allows physical injury to be inflicted upon him/her or commits, or allows to be committed, a sex offense against such child as defined in the penal law.
A non-accidental injury or an act of omission by the child's parent, caretaker, or guardian which results in some injury or a serious risk of harm to the child. Legal definitions differ from state to state.
is a condition in which a child has sustained a wound, injury, disability, or physical or mental condition caused by brutality, abuse, or neglect. Severe child abuse means the knowing exposure of a child to, or the knowing failure to protect a child from, conditions of brutality, abuse, or neglect that are likely to cause great bodily harm or death and the knowing use of force on a child that is likely to cause great bodily harm or death, severe psychosis, severe neurotic disorder, severe depression, severe developmental delay or retardation, or severe impairment of the child's ability to function adequately in his environment, and the knowing failure to protect a child from such conduct.
The sexual and emotional violation of a child by an adult, through verbal, visual, psycho-social or physical acts, abusing the relationship of power and authority that adults have over children.
Inflicting physical or emotional injury on a dependent minor through intentional beatings, uncontrolled corporal punishment, persistent ridicule and degradation, or sexual abuse, usually committed by parents or others in charge of the child's care.
Pattern of behavior in which an adult beats, batters, sexually molests, exploits, or neglects a child or adolescent.
Harm or maltreatment toward a child's physical, moral, or mental well-being.
may include not only physical assault of a child but also malnourishment, abandonment, neglect, emotional abuse, and sexual abuse.
to hurt or injure a child by maltreatment. As defined by statutes in the majority of states, generally limited to maltreatment that causes or threatens to cause lasting harm to a child.* (See Appendix K: California Welfare and Institutions 300 Codes)
Hurting a child physically, sexually or emotionally.
Molestation or ill-treatment suffered by a child.
intentional acts that result in physical or emotional harm to children. The term child abuse covers a wide range of behavior, from actual physical assault by parents or other adult caretakers to neglect of a child’s basic needs. Child abuse is also sometimes called child maltreatment.
Working together under the Children Act 1989 defines four categories of child abuse: physical, emotional, sexual, neglect.
Ill-treatment of children, generally by their parent or regular carer, causing harm to the child that might be physical, emotional, sexual or neglect.
Includes physical injury, sexual maltreatment, emotional maltreatment, deprivation of necessities, or combinations for a child by an individual responsible for the child's welfare under circumstances indicating that the child's welfare is harmed or threatened. The term encompasses both acts and omissions on the part of a responsible person.
an injury or pattern of injuries to a child that is non-accidental, including, non-accidental physical injury (including shaken baby syndrome, physical abuse and neglect, sexual abuse and emotional abuse). Child abuse is against the law.
Any physical, emotional, or sexual trauma to a child for which no reasonable explanation, such as an accident, can be found. Child abuse can also be a function of neglecting to give proper care and attention to a young child.
Child abuse is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child by an adult, often synonymous with the term child maltreatment or the term child abuse and neglect.