This document discusses child abuse and provides an overview of the different types. It defines child abuse as occurring worldwide and across all social classes, with the child knowing the abuser. The thesis states that child abuse always leaves the child feeling helpless and scared. The types of abuse are identified as physical, sexual, emotional, and neglect. Sources included are a film, websites on child abuse from Baltimore County and the University of Maryland Medical Center, an interview with the author of Bastard Out of Carolina, a TV Guide review of the film, and image links.

1. Child Abuse: A Hidden Type
Of Abuse
By Anna Ruan

2. Bastard Out Of Carolina

3. Thesis
 Child abuse always leads to the child
being helpless and scared.

4. Child Abuse
 Occurs all over the world .
 Evident in all social classes
 Child knows the abuser

5. Types
 Physical
 Sexual
 Emotional
 Neglect

6. Helpless

7. Scared

8. Works Cited
 Angelica , Houston, dir. Bastard Out of Carolina. Perf. Leigh Jennifer, Malone
Jena, Eldard Ron, Headly Glenne , Mulroney Dermot, Zabriskie Grace, and
Rooker Michael. Showtime Networks, 1996. Film.
 "Baltimore County Md." Facts About Child Abuse. Balitmore County Maryland, 09
Apr 2012.Web. 16 Jul 2012.
<http://www.baltimorecountymd.gov/agencies/police/community/abuse.html
>.
 Susanne, Dietzel, ed. "tulane." An Interview with Dorothy Allison. Tulane
University, n.d. Web. 16 Jul 2012.
<http://www.tulane.edu/~wc/zale/allison/allison.html>.
 "TVGuide." Bastard out of Carolina: Review. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jul 2012.
<http://movies.tvguide.com/bastard-carolina/review/131615>.
 "University of Maryland Medical Center." Child Abuse-physical-overview. UMMC,
2011. Web. 16 Jul 2012. <http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001552.htm>.
 Pictures:
 http://www.youngactressreviews.org/reviews/bastard_out_of_carolina/
 http://members.multimania.co.uk/gretchenarmando/bastard-out-of-carolina.htm