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Journal of Psychohistory, deMauses story tells a story of thousands of years of crimes against children, ranging from infanticide ...

Child abuse can be either an act of commission or omission (Nester, 1998). It can take the form of physical abuse, emotional abus...

The use of psychological knowledge in the courtroom, however, is becoming somewhat more common, even though physical knowledge, or...

The argument was that childrens safety was usually - although not always - largely dependent on their mothers"(Schechter, 2002). ...

in quelling situations of domestic violence and child abuse. II. Domestic Violence Domestic violence is a serious problem an...

mourning (Browne, 2002). The basics are supported by numerous secondary sources, however the study is undertaken as a qualitative ...

are likely committing such acts with the perpetrator out of imposed fear. Part of the coercion is likely based on verbally listed ...

question whether that is the case or not, because that will be all he has ever been exposed to. As he grows to realize it is his ...

or other individual. The goal of child welfare services is to provide an array of prevention and intervention services to children...

harm in which a child sustains physical damage and emotional harm in which the charge is endangered psychologically. This harm ca...

(Jacobs, 1997). It was founded by the Quakers and came about because of the concern regarding the conditions of the prisons (Jacob...

told repeatedly that one is "stupid" or "lazy" or "useless." Children internalize this message and consider themselves to be all t...

as "not free" (Eland 38). It is therefore simplistic to think that terrorist leaders, such as bin Laden, would close up shop due t...

population believes that spanking is allowable, although there are also likely many of those individuals who would prefer spanking...

with the humiliation and grief typically associated with child abuse. Indeed, children have no fewer rights than their adult coun...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

insomnia, eating disorders, headaches, TMJ, asthma, self-mutilation or self-harming behaviors, and chronic physical complaints(Bac...

that other psychological associations would do well to emulate. For example, it provides a student for decision-making that Canadi...

include intra-psychic, interpersonal and social factors. Stack (145) is just one researcher to investigate the effects of modern...

counselor, not wanting to agitate the situation but realizing she had to uncover more information, asked whether or not Jennifers ...

(Nester, 1998). The physical harm a child incurs as a result of child abuse, of course, is inextricably coupled with the...

and poverty has been established for many years, and it may be argued that it is the less well-off social classes children will al...

toward personal rights the Warren Court upheld was met with great consternation by conservatives who believed the Supreme Court ju...

these characteristics are the fact that women tend to bond more strongly with children then men do; they tend to prefer "older and...

relationship with both the mother and her family and the father and his family (also in relation to property and/or inheritance la...

want to accept glib explanations for the signs of abuse because they do not want to feel that they have to get involved in a domes...

this concept, and in his attachment theory, he explained, "Evidence is accumulating that human beings of all ages are happiest an...

and bravery and excitement. They beg for it many times as they beg to be spun like an airplane or hung upside down. They trust the...

(physical, sexual, and emotional), neglect (physical, medical, and educational), abandonment, and multiple maltreatments that enco...

fiction? Before examining this issue in greater detail, it should be noted that scientific research oftentimes classifies any ins...