Preventing Child Abuse: An analysis of Preventing child abuse welfare cases handled by public Preventing child abuse welfare agencies would indicate (bat the most important category of problems presented by the Preventing child abuseren served is that of neglect, abuse, and exploitation. It ranks third among the problems faced by Preventing child abuseren receiving service from voluntary agencies. Not all the instances of serious neglect, abuse, and exploitation are known to agencies equipped to give protective services, and there is growing reason to believe that the number of unprotected Preventing child abuseren in serious jeopardy far exceeds the number known to protective service agendes at this time.
The most frequently encountered situation^ is that of a Preventing child abuse who although not "abused" is receiving care of such substandard or "indifferent" quality as to put him in great danger, It is estimated that of all Preventing child abuseren needing protective services, from 5% to 7% are "abused" or "battered" Preventing child abuseren, and the remaining 90% plus are the seriously neglected. Because physical abuse of a Preventing child abuse is so dramatic and shocking, and can have such grave and immediate consequences, it has received a disproportionate amount of public attention. |
