What is "child abuse"

n. physical, sexual or emotional mistreatment of a child that causes long-term or permanent damage. (from 20th c.)

n. the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children

Child abuse or child maltreatment is physical, sexual, or psychological mistreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or other caregiver. It may include any act or failure to act by a parent or other caregiver that results in actual or potential harm to a child, and can occur in a child's home, or in the organizations, schools or communities the child interacts with.

The terms child abuse and child maltreatment are often used interchangeably, but some researchers make a distinction between them, treating child maltreatment as an umbrella term to cover neglect, exploitation, and trafficking.

Different jurisdictions have developed their own definitions of what constitutes child abuse for the purposes of removing a child from his/her family and/or prosecuting a criminal charge.

Signs of child abuse is an issue that people find it hard to recognize because of visual culture meaning that everyone perceives things in a different which can lead to people not recognizing the abuse of children.

"Child Abuse Definition: mistreatment of a child by a parent or guardian including neglect, beating, and sexual molestation." Since there are different types of abuse it is more difficult to recognize if abuse is actually taking place. Child Abuse is a serious manner and there is different skin signs to show that a child is suffering from abuse.The abuse can also include sexual and neglect that will also show skin marks.

Injuries to the skin are amongst the most common indicators that a child has been physically abused. These injuries include burns and bruises. While also looking at the different types of abuse that occur such as neglect, sexual abuse that can also leave signs on the skin that the child has been recently or previously abused. Intentionally inflicted injuries are often in characteristic locations, patterns, and shapes that help differentiate them from accidental injury.

Signs of child abuse are just not physical, there is also behavioral signs that a child can have that people could recongzie that the child is suffering from abuse even if there is not skin signs that are hidden from the eye. The ability to recognize these types of inflicted injuries, as well as the various differential diagnoses—medical conditions that mimic cutaneous signs of abuse—is key to child protection.

Child Abuse is a noise rock trio featuring Tim Dahl (bass and vocals), Eric Lau (keyboards and vocals), and Oran Canfield (drums) based out of Brooklyn, New York. Originally formed in 2004 as a duo with keyboardist/singer Luke Calzonetti, and drummer Oran Canfield, the group expanded into a trio with the addition of bassist Tim Dahl in the summer of 2005. In 2011, Luke Calzonetti left the band and was replaced by Eric Lau on keyboards. It was during this lineup change that Dahl added vocals in addition to his role as the bassist. Child Abuse has shared bills with many bands including Suicide, Ruins, Arab on Radar, The Locust, Thee Oh Sees, AIDS Wolf, Liturgy, Rhys Chatham and many more. In 2014 Child Abuse joined the Skin Graft Records label for their latest release Trouble in Paradise.