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child abuse
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maltreatment or neglect of a child
Child abuse is the maltreatment or neglect of a child, which can include physical harm, emotional mistreatment, or failure to provide necessary care. It matters because it causes serious harm to children's safety, development, and well-being.
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Research
66,190 papers- Child Sexual Abuse.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2025Dai TT, Kissoon NNDOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2024.12.003
- Child Psychological Abuse.ReviewPediatrics in review · 2017Kimber M, MacMillan HLDOI: 10.1542/pir.2016-0224
- Child Sexual Abuse.ReviewPediatrics in review · 2017Chiesa A, Goldson EDOI: 10.1542/pir.2016-0113
- [Child abuse].Der Radiologe · 2016Reith WDOI: 10.1007/s00117-016-0105-y
- Child sexual abuse.ReviewLancet (London, England) · 2004Johnson CFDOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16771-8
- Child Abuse and Conditions That Mimic It.ReviewPediatric clinics of North America · 2018Pomeranz ESDOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2018.07.009
- Child sexual abuse.ReviewCurrent opinion in obstetrics & gynecology · 1993Muram D
- Child physical abuse and neglect.ReviewChild and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America · 2014Schilling S, Christian CWDOI: 10.1016/j.chc.2014.01.001
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Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, emotional and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to act by a parent or a caregiver that results in actual or potential wrongful harm to a child and can occur in a child's home, or in organizations, schools, or communities the child interacts with.
Different jurisdictions have different requirements for mandatory reporting and have developed different definitions of what constitutes child abuse, and therefore have different criteria to remove children from their families or to prosecute a criminal charge.