Child abuse - Revision history

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	Even though by the end of the 1960s few people or agencies were concerned with the incidence of child abuse, interest-group politics transformed the issue into a popular cause within a few years. With the passing of the 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United States]] and the 1978 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United Kingdom]] the issue of child abuse grew from a small, private-sector charity concern into a multimillion-dollar social welfare issue (Nelson 1984).		Even though by the end of the 1960s few people or agencies were concerned with the incidence of child abuse, interest-group politics transformed the issue into a popular cause within a few years. With the passing of the 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United States]] and the 1978 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United Kingdom]] the issue of child abuse grew from a small, private-sector charity concern into a multimillion-dollar social welfare issue (Nelson 1984).

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	Today the terms ''child abuse'' and ''child sexual abuse'' tend to become synonymous. As a consequence, even though we get more and more strict laws regarding child sexual abuse, issues of physical and psychological abuse like non-theraputic, non-religious [[circumcision]] of boys (Darby 2003), discipline in [[juvenile correctional facilities]] (Szalavitz 2006) and treatment of hyperactive or unruly children with controversial drugs like [[Ritalin]] (Rafalovich 2005) are less likely to be considered abuse.		Today the terms ''child abuse'' and ''child sexual abuse'' tend to become synonymous. As a consequence, even though we get more and more strict laws regarding child sexual abuse, issues of physical and psychological abuse like non-theraputic, non-religious [[circumcision]] of boys (Darby 2003), discipline in [[juvenile correctional facilities]] (Szalavitz 2006) and treatment of hyperactive or unruly children with controversial drugs like [[Ritalin]] (Rafalovich 2005) are less likely to be considered abuse.
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	== See also ==		== See also ==
			*[[Sexual violence against children]]
	*[[Child sexual abuse]]		*[[Child sexual abuse]]

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	*Szalavitz, Maia. (2006) ''Help at any cost: How the troubled-teen industry cons parents and hurts kids'' (Riverhead Books)		*Szalavitz, Maia. (2006) ''Help at any cost: How the troubled-teen industry cons parents and hurts kids'' (Riverhead Books)

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'''Child abuse''' is the physical or psychological maltreatment of a child by an adult.

Even though by the end of the 1960s few people or agencies were concerned with the incidence of child abuse, interest-group politics transformed the issue into a popular cause within a few years. With the passing of the 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United States]] and the 1978 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act in the [[United Kingdom]] the issue of child abuse grew from a small, private-sector charity concern into a multimillion-dollar social welfare issue (Nelson 1984).

Initially, these acts regarded primarily combating physical abuse and emotional neglect, yet within a few years their focus shifted to [[child sexual abuse]] and created an establishment of social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and law enforcement officials, resulting in a large, self-perpetuating industry sanctioned and funded by government (Rind, Bauserman and Tromovitch 2000).

Today the terms ''child abuse'' and ''child sexual abuse'' tend to become synonymous. As a consequence, even though we get more and more strict laws regarding child sexual abuse, issues of physical and psychological abuse like non-theraputic, non-religious [[circumcision]] of boys (Darby 2003), discipline in [[juvenile correctional facilities]] (Szalavitz 2006) and treatment of hyperactive or unruly children with controversial drugs like [[Ritalin]] (Rafalovich 2005) are less likely to be considered abuse.

== See also ==

*[[Child sexual abuse]]

== References ==

*Darby, Robert J. L. (2003) "[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2005/is_3_36/ai_99699493 The masturbation taboo and the rise of routine male circumcision: A review of the historiography,]" ''Journal of Social History'' 36(3): 737-757.
*Nelson, Barbara J. (1984) ''Making an Issue of Child Abuse: Political Agenda Setting for Social Problems'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press)
*Rafalovich, Adam (2005) "Relational Troubles and Semiofficial Suspicion: Educators and the Medicalization of 'Unruly' Children," ''Symbolic Interaction'' 28(1): 25-46.
*Rind, Bruce; Bauserman, Robert and Tromovitch, Philip (2000) "[http://home.wanadoo.nl/ipce/library_two/rbt/science_text.PDF Science versus orthodoxy: Anatomy of the congressional condemnation of a scientific article and reflections on remedies for future ideological attacks]," ''Applied & Preventive Psychology'' 9: 211-225. (.pdf file)
*Szalavitz, Maia. (2006) ''Help at any cost: How the troubled-teen industry cons parents and hurts kids'' (Riverhead Books)

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