Abuse is the implication of an act or recurrent acts that improperly harm, injure, mislead, deceive, insult, maltreat, corrupt and or physically injures an individual. Abuse can happen to anyone at any time in their life, abuse is often carried out by a family member or caregiver however this is not...

Child abuse is the physical or emotional abuse of a child by a parent, guardian, or other person. Reports of child abuse, including sexual abuse, beating, and murder, have jumped in the United States and some authorities believe that the number of cases is largely under reported. Child neglect is ...

A total of 903,000 victims nationwide in 1998, 12.9 per 1000 children were abused (1) all because of child abuse. The 1998 total number of victims was a decrease from the 1997 total, however 903,000 is 903,000 too many. These numbers of victims are the ones reported, many more go unheard of or un...