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Outlines the legal definition, types, and signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, including human trafficking. It also includes information on how to effectively identify and report maltreatment as well as referring children who've been maltre ...Read More
The types of maltreatment defined include physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and abandonment. This publication presents a general overview of this aspect of child welfare law.
This factsheet outlines the legal definition of child abuse and neglect; the different types of abuse and neglect; and the signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect, including human trafficking.
A person makes a specific disclosure to the mandated reporter that an identifiable child is the victim of child abuse. An individual aged 14 or older makes a specific disclosure to the mandated reporter that they have committed child abuse.
In the Penal Code: As used in this article, the term 'child abuse or neglect' includes physical injury or death inflicted by other than accidental means upon a child by another person; sexual abuse, as defined in § 11165.1; neglect, as defined in § 11165.2; the willful harming or injuring of a child or the endangering of the person or health ...
Outlines the legal definition, types, and signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, including human trafficking. It also includes information on how to effectively identify and report maltreatment as well as referring children who've been maltre ...Read More
Find websites for statutes, regulations, and policies for States, Territories, and Tribes that address child protection, child welfare, adoption, and services for youth.
'Abuse' means any willful act or threatened act that results in any physical, mental, or sexual abuse, injury, or harm that causes or is likely to cause a child's physical, mental, or emotional health to be significantly impaired.
'Abused or neglected child' means a child whose health or welfare is harmed or threatened with harm when their parent, guardian, or other person exercising custodial control or supervision does either of the following:
'Abused child' means a child whose parent, immediate family member, any person responsible for the child's welfare, any individual residing in the same home as the child, or a paramour of the child's parent does any of the following: