Every ten seconds a child is being abused or neglected. But while child abuse and neglect are not new, the problem has become monumental in today's society. But

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Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human

The tragedy of child abuse and neglect is in the forefront of public attention. Yet, without a conceptual framework, research in this area has been highly fragm