Synthesis Essay Child Abuse

Question: Write about theSynthesis Essay for Child Abuse. Answer: Issues (Economic or Social or Educational) The child abuse has been escalated socially by poor way of parenting. For example, some parents are overwhelmed by multiple challenges hence go overboard in attempts to discipline their children, whereas some parents merely resented their children. Some parents even confine their girls in storeroom and had to be placed in foster care for many years. In some instances, the parents are separated and one parent is more interested in her/his new partner than the childs welfare. In this case, CPS face a social and economic challenge on where to place the child in care and sometimes the child has to be placed under a family friend. In some case, some parents are alcoholic who come from across all ethnic and income cohorts. The abuser (usually a parent) is mentally ill and addicted to certain socially-related vice as indicated by child protection officers. Such vices have escalated abuse of a child like it was seen in article one where a six-year-old girl had multiple burns alongside blue black mark on the body. This followed the alcoholic fathers irritation due to the girls curiosity making the father to heat a metal spoon and pressing it subsequently to the girl when the father became angry. Other parents have also been socially abused to death as indicated in article two where a mother beat a child. Some parents also ineffectively punish their children because of the previous abuse they suffered during their childhood. Some parents also abuse their child because of a lot of stress they have hence making them to vent their anger on youngest children. Educational issues have also been related to child abuse. For example, schools have played a key role as better detection agencies of child abuse. Evidence for Existing Measures There are better detection of abuse cases being undertaken by agencies from schools right to hospitals. The improvement in better detection has resulted in investigation of more serious abuse cases by the Ministry of Social and Family Developments (MSE) Child Protective Service (CPS). The CPS received about 2,022 reports alongside inquiries regarding abuse and investigated 551 serious abuse cases. Moderate and lower-risk cases are also been referred to charities that are designated as the child protection specialist centers tasked and equipped with responsibilities of handling such cases (Yang et al., 2013). The CPS has always stepped in to speak to serious abuse since it has the power of removing of child from family where necessary. The CPS has always kept child away till the CPS gets satisfied that parents have altered their violent manners. Moreover, CPS has further enhanced its screening tools as well as processes thereby enabling those in child protection system from medical staff to teachers to social workers hence better spotting abuse. These professionals have also been trained effectively thereby enhancing detection, management as well as reporting of cases of abuse. CPS has further taken a more proactive approach by examining cases managed by professionals beyond the ministry to make sure that the children are kept safe. There is also a hotline given at child protection specialist center Heart@Feiyue for the public to report the cases of abuse for a timely actions. More calls are presently being received per month than the previously MSF referred cases (Widom, Czaja DuMont, 2015). The laws on family violence are currently under review following abuse cases spate by Home Affairs Ministry and Law Ministry. This will improve deterrence of family violence and make sure that abusers are dealt with accordingly. The review will ensure sufficient deterrence in terms meting out consequences. Evidence Against Existing Measures The low confession rate among the abusers often parents has been a challenge to addressing child abuse. For example, some parents do not confess that they abused the child and it has to take thorough and prolonged investigation to know the problems and intervene. They usually give inconsistent story regarding the abuse. It also takes an extended time for the investigation to uncover the struggles faced by parents in managing children. The social stresses have also dealt a blow the measures to speak to child abuse. Social stresses like financial hardships and marital conflict alongside needs of the child and characteristic of parents complicate the whole issue of managing child abuse (Flaherty et al., 2014). Moreover, despite the existence of hotline (Heart@Feiyue) for reporting cases of abuse, there is only few people calling (25 calls per month). This leaves many cases going unreported. Also, immediate reporting rate is still very low which derails the response and subsequent help b eing accorded to victims. Improvements to Existing Measures The review of legal framework Home Affairs Ministry and Law Ministry particularly deterrence sufficiency in on the right direction. The focus on immediate reporting of abuse through the hotline which has ensure about 25 calls per month. These are increasingly enhancing detections of the abuse. References Flaherty, E. G., Perez-Rossello, J. M., Levine, M. A., Hennrikus, W. L., American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. (2014). Evaluating children with fractures for child physical abuse. Pediatrics, 133(2), e477-e489. Widom, C. S., Czaja, S. J., DuMont, K. A. (2015). Intergenerational transmission of child abuse and neglect: Real or detection bias?. Science, 347(6229), 1480-1485. Yang, B. Z., Zhang, H., Ge, W., Weder, N., Douglas-Palumberi, H., Perepletchikova, F., ... Kaufman, J. (2013). 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