Child Abuse And Neglect In The United States
Every year more than three million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than six million children.Child abuse is found to be linking to emotional and physical troubles of the offender. Child abuse is a growing concern because the affected children are more likely to commit crimes because it causes long term emotional and physical damage. Most people have noticed that crime rates have seen a significant increase in the past few years; but would you believe that it is due from the significant amount of child abuse going on behind closed doors? When most people hear the word “criminal”, the first thing that comes to mind is the laws that have been broken and the people that they have hurt, no one stops to think
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Neglected children are 7.2% more likely to commit a crime then those who were not neglected. The decision making process has not been developed correctly in neglected children because of the damaging emotional effects they have faced, leading them to make rash and reckless decision in their life. The National Institute of Justice states “Twenty-six percent of these neglected children were arrested as juveniles, and only 16.8 percent for those not neglected.” This statistic shows that neglected children are more likely to commit crimes, even in their juvenile years. Because these children were never taught proper ways of how to act in society and their self – esteem has been damage their whole life, it leads young teenagers to believe that making reckless decision are okay because of the horrible actions that were made against them. As the children age, the emotional damage begins to takes a toll on these individuals leading them to make rash decisions, continue the cycle of abuse that was continued against them onto someone else, and lose the ability to control emotions such as anger and depression. These things combined together can lead them into a life of
Neglected children are 7.2% more likely to commit a crime then those who were not neglected. The decision making process has not been developed correctly in neglected children because of the damaging emotional effects they have faced, leading them to make rash and reckless decision in their life. The National Institute of Justice states “Twenty-six percent of these neglected children were arrested as juveniles, and only 16.8 percent for those not neglected.” This statistic shows that neglected children are more likely to commit crimes, even in their juvenile years. Because these children were never taught proper ways of how to act in society and their self – esteem has been damage their whole life, it leads young teenagers to believe that making reckless decision are okay because of the horrible actions that were made against them. As the children age, the emotional damage begins to takes a toll on these individuals leading them to make rash decisions, continue the cycle of abuse that was continued against them onto someone else, and lose the ability to control emotions such as anger and depression. These things combined together can lead them into a life of