— Nearly half the children surveyed were assaulted at least once in the past year, and more than one in 10 were injured as a result. — Nearly one-quarter of the children were the victim of a robbery, vandalism or theft. — About 10% were victims of maltreatment (including  …

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A Child With A Black Eye

How does a person look at the innocent, trusting face of a child, ball up his fist and smash that child in the face? What is a person thinking when she blacks a toddler's eye? Today a young woman and man came into the store with a child of about 5 years who had a black eye.

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For nearly 15 years, the United States government has been trying to decide whether it can grant asylum to women who are victims of severe physical or sexual abuse.

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The third and final adult to be sentenced for savagely abusing an adult relative over several years has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

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BBC interviews of former detainees found numerous "allegations of abuse" at the United States "detention facility" in Bagram, Afghanistan

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Former high-ranking executives tell a newspaper that church leader David Miscavige hit staff members and encouraged others to do the same.

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Two Columbia County residents are being held on allegations of aggravated child abuse after a family friend found three children at their home Saturday covered with flea bites and locked in a bedroom.

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...""Everything blew up after seven children left heder [religious elementary school]," said one community member. "At first we didn't understand why, and then it turned out that they had been sexually abused.

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Escaping an abusive marriage is no easy task for many evangelical women, many of whom have pastors that say physical abuse is no reason for divorce.

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Imagine if Wall Street were to honor Bernie Madoff for his skills as an investor ten years from now. The equivalent just happened in Florida, where Betty Sembler--co-founder of the abusive Straight, Inc.

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Domestic Violence

October 25, 2008 Domestic Violence by Alberta Parish

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The Different Faces Of An Abuser

September 9, 2008 The Different Faces Of An Abuser by Alberta Parish

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Domestic abuse is something that has affected millions of people worldwide. My mom and many other women in my life have struggled with this for years, it hurt me to write this, but hopefully my poetic words shed some light on the subject and Break the Cycle of abuse!

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long overdue discussion. Hope Obama takes this seriously.

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Rantings of The Angry Blonde: Then & Now, my birthday, June 27th

A few days from today is my 47th birthday, but before I comment more about this birthday, I want to go back to another time in my life... June 27, 2004...

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One suit brought by the U.S. Justice Department, which the state settled in 2005, claimed detainees were thrown naked in to cells and forced to eat their own vomit.

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Middle-aged women who suffered physical or sexual abuse as children spend up to one-third more than average in health-care costs, according to a long-term study of more than 3,000 women.

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"Located in Canton, Massachusetts, the facility, which calls itself a "special needs school," takes in all kinds of troubled kids—severely autistic, mentally retarded, schizophrenic, bipolar, emotionally disturbed—and attempts to change their behavior with a complex system of …

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...an Afrikaans-language newspaper reported that the female employee is accused of various incidents of physical and sexual abuse against the students.

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We're rational. As the woman on the video says, physical abuse doesn't start on the first date. It's incorporated into a relationship after bonds are forged and hard-to-break ties are made.

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Adolescent girls in abusive relationships can end up with more than emotional and physical scars; in many cases, they wind up with an unwanted pregnancy, a disturbing new study has found.

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Is the prevalence of child physical and sexual abuse tied to increasing Westernization? Or is it the awareness and reporting of child abuse that are tied to economic progress?Two out of every three children in India are physically abused, according to a landmark government study. …

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Cult-Control, Kids, and Straight, Inc.

I was in the St. Petersburg, Florida "Straight, Inc." system circa March to July 1986.

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What is "Child Abuse"?

Child abuse can take many forms, and is often goes unnoticed. This abuse can come in many forms such as, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse and neglect. But what is child abuse? Let's take a look at what the definition of child abuse is.

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From the page: -- The number of child abuse cases reported in Japan shot up nearly 26 percent in the year to March 2005, topping 30,000 for the first time, with almost half the cases involving preschool children. --

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