Child AbuseKhadijah Barnes

Introduction

The topic that I will be focusing on is child abuse. I decided to go with this topic because it is interesting and gives people an insight to a person's life. It also opens you up to learning new things and allowing others to be appreciative for not being a victim of child abuse. Child abuse can be defined in different ways such as physical, sexual, emotional/psychological, and neglect.

Method

Overt Observations on there behavior

Three interviews on each victim

Gaining access/making the person feel comfortable

Questions

Why are children subjected to child abuse?

Do all children grow up to be like there offender?

What precautions do they have to take to heal?

What went on in their minds as this went on?

How did it affect their relationships with others around them?

How are you able to cope with everyday life after going through child abuse at a young age?

Do you believe this will affect your identity as a person?

Concepts

Stigma

The wise

Discredited/ Discreditable

Passing

Abc’s of deviance

Attitudes

Beliefs

Conditions

Deviance + Child Abuse

The relation between deviance and child abuse is the criminal act intended.

The victim accepts the deviant behavior from there offender because they are usually afraid.

Settings

New York City Buffalo, New York

Findings

Children that are abused have a difficult time growing up and accepting what happened.

Not all children grow up to be offenders

Something interesting that I found out was that when females are abused they are more likely to become pregnant at a young age.

Children blame themselves for what happened and they often have low self esteem.

They have difficulties opening up to talk to people about what they went through.

Further Research

I would interview people I don’t know who has been abused as a child

Try to interview an offender

Observe more patterns and behaviors

Video

Beth Thomas

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME2wmFunCjU