Abuse in the Child Services System: A Literature Review and Methodological Analysis
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This paper examines child abuse within child services systems, exploring the complexity of identifying abuse while accounting for cultural practices and parental disciplinary methods. The review investigates how child protection agencies balance intervention with recognition of legitimate cultural and parenting practices, and the challenges in distinguishing abuse from culturally accepted norms.
What this literature review covers
- Introduction: Definition of child abuse and the need to investigate abuse within child services systems
- Literature Review: Examination of child abuse evidence involving customary practices, corporal punishment, coercive parenting, and organizational goals in child protection
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Abuse in the Child Services System
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Abuse in the Child Services System
Introduction
Taking care of children as they grow is a very delicate sector because children grow up to adopt how they were brought up. A child brought up in a violent environment is likely to behave in a wearied way, isolating himself or herself from the company of other people. Child services step in to ensure that children grow up in a conducive environment that builds them physically, emotionally, culturally, and morally. Therefore, child abuse refers to when parents and caregivers fail to protect or directly inflict harm or even death to children. Child abuse can be physical, sexual, neglect, or emotional (Fortson et al., 2016). However, we should not trust the child service providers with our children’s lives without knowing how the children are handled. Some officials in the department might abuse the children since they are helpless on their hands. Several reports have emerged in the media with children allegedly used within the child services system. Therefore, there is a need to investigate child abuse in the child services system.
Literature Review
Professional competencies have led to the emergence of several complaints of child abuse within child protection units. At the same time, praises are also poured upon the same system for rescuing many children going through different forms of abuse. Several scholars have investigated child abuse to inform the public about the real situation.