Updating the criminal law on child neglect: protecting children from severe emotional abuse

Protecting children from abuse and neglect: analysis and recommendations.

On December 15, 1997, the cover of People magazine showed the solemn and frightened face of a two-year-old named Peter who was on his way to a New York City shelter after violence broke out in his home. The article inside the magazine, called “A Day in the Life,” was unusual in its approach to the emotional issue of child abuse. Rather than give a wrenching account of Peter’s experiences, it fo...

Protecting Children in Swaziland from Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation

Until recently, child protection focus has mostly been on individual protection problems, such as child trafficking, child labour and sexual abuse. The focus on different issues has contributed greatly to the protection of children and much has been learnt about what makes good child protection work. However, this approach has not been without its costs. Many children face multiple protection p...

ABC of child abuse. Emotional abuse and neglect.

Emotional abuse and neglect ofchildren may take many forms from a lack of care for their physical needs, through a failure to provide consistent love and nurture, to overt hostility and rejection. Deleterious effects upon developing children are correspondingly diverse and tend to vary with age. In infancy neglect of physical care is likely to produce the most obvious consequences and developme...

The neglect of "child abuse and neglect".

Child abuse and neglect.