they are more likely to be abused. Physical violence .
is more common in poor families, families living under .
stress or parents who suffered cruelty as children. .
Types of abuse also vary. The broad picture includes .
only moral, physical and sexual abuse, while in the .
narrower picture each of these has its own sub-topics. .
The kind of abuse varies depending on the age of the .
victim. Infant and pre-school children are more .
likely to suffer fractures, burns and bruises. This .
is called the "Battered child syndrome" discovered by .
C. Henry Kempe. Although school aged or adolescent .
females are more likely to suffer from sexual .
molestation, there are a recently growing number of .
sexual abuses of pre-school and male victims. The .
abusers are usually men. Neglect is the "physical or .
emotional harm resulting from parents failure to .
provide child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, .
medical care, education and/or moral training." A .
symptom of neglect is underfeeding. The narrower .
picture of types of abuse includes unreasonable .
physical violence, verbal abuse, failure to provide .
proper shelter, foodstuffs, medical treatment or .
emotional support, incest, sexual molestation or rape, .
and the making of child pornography. Slaps and .
spankings are viewed by parents as a part of raising a .
child, however childless individuals are more likely .
to view slapping and spanking as necessary, normal, .
and good. Slaps and spankings are not child .
abuse depending on the person who views it. Types of .
abuse vary incredibly. .
There are many cases of abuse. In New York City .
approximately two children are killed by abuse per .
week. Specific cases include one of a twenty-eight .
year old mother who killed her three-year-old adoptive .
son of a fatal beating in Wyandach, Long Island. Another case was a mother who punished her seven-year-old son by .
placing him in a heated oven. There are thousands of .
these cases, but one that really stands out is that of .
