FREE ESSAY ON COMPAIRSON OF HOW CRIME /SAFTEY HAS CHANGED THORUGH OUT THE YEARS

COMPAIRSON OF HOW CRIME /SAFTEY HAS CHANGED THORUGH OUT THE YEARS

The Bastard Out of Carolina is a book that deals with many emotions and Issues. The one
issue that sticks out like a soar thumb to me is child abuse. We see this thorough out
the book. We see a little girl named Bone Boatwrite Get abused by her stepfather Glenn.
He is able to get away with this because Bone is too scared to speak up and let someone
know what is going on. Bone also does not want her mother to know what is going on
because she Sees that her mother loves Daddy Glenn and she is happy with him. She does
Not want to ruin their relationship. 
I feel that Glenn is so abusive because he is so frustrated with himself. He takes out
all of his anger on Bone because he sees her as his outlet. I feel Bad for Bone because
she is Glenn's sex object and punching bag. He know he Can get away with it because she
will never say a word to anyone. This abuse Ended though when Bone's Aunt saw all of the
bruises on her body. She was Going to the bathroom and she fell off of the toilet and
made a huge noise. Bone's Aunt her noise and ran into the bathroom to check on Bone. When
She did this she saw all of the bruises on Bone's body that were left by daddy Glenn.
Ruth, Bone's Aunt was not stupid and knew that daddy Glenn did this And put and end to it
all. She got Glenn to get the *censored* kicked out of him and This made him unable to
hurt Bone ever again. 
Child abuse is the intentional use of physical force by a parent or caretaker that causes
a child to be hurt, maimed, or killed. In the United States the exact incidence of child
abuse and neglect is unknown, but it is recognized as a major social problem. Under state
laws requiring physicians-and encouraging other persons-to report incidents of suspected
abuse, more than 2 million cases of neglect and physical abuse are reported annually.
There are many different kinds of child abuse. It covers a wide range of parental actions
that result in harm being inflicted on children of all ages. The kind of abuse, however,
varies with age. Infants and preschool children are most likely to suffer deliberately
inflicted fractures, burns, and bruises. This is known as the battered-child syndrome,
first identified during the 1960s. Historically, reported cases of sexual abuse, ranging
from molestation to incest, primarily involve male perpetrators and school-aged or
adolescent female victims. More recently, however, a growing number of pre-school victims
and male victims have been identified.
Some states have broadened their statutory definitions of abuse to specifically include
emotional or mental injury. Constant parental rejection, for example, can permanently
cripple a child's personality.
Perhaps the most prevalent type of abuse is neglect-that is, physical or emotional harm
resulting from a parent's failure to provide a child with adequate food, clothing,
shelter, medical care, education, and moral training. A common symptom of neglect among
young children is underfeeding; an undernourished infant often fails to thrive and may
even die. In the age range between 8 and 17 years, neglect, as opposed to physical or
sexual abuse, was involved in about 70 percent of all validated reports of mistreatment
in the U.S. in a recent year.
Many studies have shown that most child-abusing parents were themselves abused children.
Some researchers assert that abusing parents have infantile personalities. Others note
that abusing parents unrealistically expect their children to fulfill their psychological
needs; when disappointed, the parent experiences severe stress and becomes violently
angry and abusive. In spite of this emphasis on individual psychopathology, few child
abusers can be considered true psychotics or sociopaths.
Incidents of abuse occur among all religious, ethnic, and racial groups and in all
geographic areas. The relationship between poverty and abuse is strong; the vast majority
of fatalities involve parents and caretakers from the poorest families.
Child abuse is not, of course, only a U.S. problem. In Great Britain, for example, the
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children reports that child abuse
increased by about 70 percent between 1979 and 1984.
How can we help prevent this abuse? Public concern about the growing incidence of child
abuse has led to the enactment of both state and federal legislation. Although the focus
remains on identifying, reporting, and treating cases of abuse, prevention efforts are
increasing. Since 1980, some 45 states have established specific resources for child
abuse prevention services. Under the 1962 amendments to the 1935 Social Security Act,
state public welfare agencies are responsible for child protection. Because effective
solutions cannot be achieved without clear data about the dimensions of a problem, the
1974 federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was an important legislative
measure. It mandated establishment of a major program of research, demonstration,
training, dissemination of information, and financial grants to the states by a National
Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. All the states have laws requiring the reporting of
suspected cases of abuse. Typical social service responses to these reports involve
agency investigations and court proceedings to gain physical custody of a child deemed
"in need of care and protection." Sometimes, the child is separated from a parent and
placed in a foster home. The Federal Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980
placed special emphasis on reducing the number of children in foster care through an
expansion of family-based services. Today, many states have established specific units
within their child welfare system to secure the therapeutic and support services
necessary to keep families together. Projects that provide short-term relief from
child-rearing situations and a range of concrete supportive services to parents have
demonstrated that child abuse often occurs when parents are under severe and unremitting
stress as a result of events within the family environment over which they have no
control. To avert a significant percentage of separation of families and to solve the
problem of child abuse, the major role that social and economic forces play must be
better understood. Effective prevention requires a fundamental change in societal values
and public priorities in order to correct the conditions of poverty, unemployment,
inadequate housing, and ill health that are found in the overwhelming majority of abusing
families. It is also necessary to place a greater emphasis on the rights of children and
the responsibilities of parents toward their children.