Approximately 905,000 children in the US were victims of child abuse or neglect in 2006. Child abuse includes physical, psychological, sexual abuse and neglect, and can have lasting negative impacts. Victims of abuse and neglect are more likely to engage in criminal behavior as juveniles due to how their interactions with parents shaped their social development. The document then discusses various short and long-term effects of child abuse and neglect, including physical injuries, psychological problems, substance abuse, and higher likelihood of criminal behavior and imprisonment later in life.

1. Child Abuse, Neglect and
Juvenile Delinquency
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2. Severity of the Problem
 Approximately 905,000 children in the United States
became victims of child neglect and abuse in 2006.
 Increasing concern about the enduring destructive
effects of child neglect and abuse.
 Includes the augmented likelihood of victims getting
involved in juvenile delinquency.
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3. Definition of Child Abuse
 Not clear and concise.
 Involves actions of both omission and commission that
tend to endanger or impair a child’s emotional or
physical development and health
 Four distinct types:
1. Physical abuse
2. psychological abuse
3. sexual abuse, and
4. neglect”
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4. Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect
 Physical injuries resulting from child maltreatment
may not be observable immediately
 Consequences could last a lifetime.
 Childhood abuses and neglect tend to affect the
victims for as long as they live,
 Shaping perceptions about life and subsequent
approaches to various issues in life.
 impacts are often on more than one of four
perspectives, namely behavioral, societal, physical,
and emotional, the
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5. Child abuse Effects on Delinquency
 Interactions and experiences between children and
parents shape and influence the social or anti-social
behavioral patterns in their lives.
 Often lead to the victim becoming involved in
youthful criminal behavior.
 Children direct their frustrations, hostility, and
pains to other society members.
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6. Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect
 Devastating long-term and short-term effects on the
victims in diversified ways.
 Mental retardation, visual or hearing impairments,
seizures, learning difficulties, and cerebral palsy.
 Neglect may influence bad health, lack of education,
and psychological problems in a child’s life.
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7. Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect
 Frustrations may, in turn, influence negative reactions
in the child’s behaviors
 Child is likely to seek alternative ways of dealing with
his challenges, including substance abuse,
prostitution, and indulgence in illegal businesses.
 causal symptoms such as violence, social isolation,
hostility, and disruptive experiences.
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8. Effects of Child Abuse and Neglect
 Children who have suffered abuse have a significantly
higher likelihood of being arrested for violations of the law
than those who have not.
 Significantly higher likelihood of going to prison for
criminal offences, such as violent crimes, during
adulthood.
 Link between child maltreatment and later indulgence in
criminal activity was among the most highlighted issues in
the 1978 televised public service announcements.
 Child’s experience of violence likely to influence a tendency
to violence in adulthood;
 Critical concern is the magnitude of the relationship.
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