Child Abuse

A complex set of behaviors that include child neglect and the physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children. Child abuse includes punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, shaking, or otherwise physically harming a child. Injuries that can be fatal include severe head trauma, scalding, burns, drowning, suffocation, trauma to the abdomen and poisoning.

• Abusive minds
• Sexual abuse
• Domestic violence
• Child homicide