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  1. WHAT IS THE LEADING CAUSE OF CHILDHOOD SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES.
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  1. CHILD ABUSE.
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  1. WHERE DOES CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT USUALLY OCCUR.
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  1. IN PRIVATE PLACES.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CHILD MALTREATMENT.
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  1. PHYSICAL ABUSE
  2. SEXUAL ABUSE
  3. NEGLECT.
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  1. CHARACTERISTICS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE. 6.
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  1. MAY RANGE FROM MINOR BRUISING TO DEATH
  2. THE RISK OF PHYSICAL ABUSE DECREASES AS THE CHILD GETS OLDER.
  3. BOYS AND GIRLS ARE EQUALLY LIKELY TO BE AT RISK
  4. BOYS SUSTAIN SLIGHTLY MORE SERIOUS INJURIES.
  5. PHYSICAL ABUSE OCCURS DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONG ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES.
  6. INCOME ALSO AFFECTS THE SEVERITY OF ABUSE.
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  1. SEXUAL ABUSE, WHAT AGE IS AT RISK THE MOST.
  2. HOW ARE SEXUAL ABUSED CHILDREN SELECTED.
  3. WHO ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEXUAL ABUSE.
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  1. FROM 7 TO 12.
  2. BECAUSE THEY ARE VULNERABLE
  3. GIRLS.
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  1. CHARACTERISTICS OF NEGLECT.

2. WHAT IS THE MEAN AGE OF CHILDREN WHO SUFFER FROM NEGLECT.

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  1. RANGES FROM FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER, MEDICAL CARE, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOOLING.
  2. 6
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  1. THE MYTH IS THAT CHILD MOLESTERS ARE JUST DIRTY OLD MEN, BUT WHAT IS THE REALITY.
  2. CHILD VICTIMS AND EQUALLY BE.
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  1. THAT CHILD MOLESTERS CAN LOOK LIKE ANYONE ELSE, EVEN SOMEONE WE KNOW AND LIKE.
  2. BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUNG OR OLD.
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  1. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE.

2. WHO ARE USUALLY THE VICTIMS OF CHILD PROSTITUTION.

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  1. THE UNWANTED SEXUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT OF AN UNDERAGE CHILD.
  2. BOYS.
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  1. INCEST
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  1. SEXUAL RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS OF ANY AGE TOO CLOSELY RELATED TO MARRY.
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  1. ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTATION.
  2. WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTER. 3.
  3. HOW DO ACQUAINTANCE MOLESTERS GAIN ACCES TO CHILDREN

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THE SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN BY PERSONS KNOWN TO THEM , OTHER THEN FAMILY MEMBERS.

  2. HE IS NOT ANONYMOUS.
  3. HE IS NOT AN EXTERNAL THREAT.
  4. HE IS DESCRIBED AS NOT BAD
  5. THROUGH YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.
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  1. WHAT FORM OF CHILD ABUSE DO MOST CHILDREN SUFFER FROM

2. WHAT IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD DEATHS RELATED TO

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  1. NEGLECT.

2. NATURAL CAUSES AND ACCIDENTS.

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  1. OF CHILDREN WHO DIED FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT, WHAT IS THE MAJORITY AGE OF THEM
  2. WHO IS THE MAJORITY OF CHILD ABUSE REPORTED BY.
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  1. UNDER 4 YEARS OLD.

2. PROFESSIONALS: TEACHERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LEGAL PERSONNEL.

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  1. WHAT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH CHILD ABUSE.
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  1. THE INABILITY OF THE TWO LEAD INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES TO WORK TOGETHER. THE POLICE AND SOCIAL WELFARE.
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  1. WHERE IS CHILD ABUSE LIKELY TO OCCUR.

2. WHAT FACTOR CONTRIBUTES TO A PARENT WHO IS A CHILD ABUSER.

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  1. ABUSE OCCURS IN ALL CULTURAL, ETHNIC, OCCUPATIONAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS.
  2. THERE IS NO SINGLE ONE FACTOR, ITS A COMBINATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND PERSONALITY TYPES.
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  1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE OF A PHYSICAL CHILD ABUSER. 7
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  1. SUFFER FROM HISH STRESS (FROM SINGLE PARENTING, HEALTH, UNEMPLOYMENT.
  2. HAVE POORLY DEVELOPED COPING SKILLS.
  3. STRUGGLE WITH PERSONALITY FACTORS.
  4. HAVE LOW SELF ESTEEM
  5. POOR IMPULE CONTROL
  6. ANXIETY
  7. HAVE LOW FRUSTRATION TOLERANCE.
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  1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR A SEXUAL ABUSE OFFENDER.
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  1. THEY ARE USUALLY IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY OR TRUST
  2. USUALLY MALE
  3. TYPICALLY IN THEIR 30’S
  4. OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS USUALLY ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO VICTIMS.
  5. OFFENDERS WHO VICTIMIZE NON FAMILY MEMBERS MUCH LARGER NUMBER.
  6. SUFFER FROM INADEQUACY, DEPRESSION, ISOLATION, RIGID VALUES
  7. HAVE DEVIANT AROUSAL PATTERNS.
  8. GROOM THEIR VICTIM BY STARTING WITH NONSEXUAL TOUCHING TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
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  1. WHAT IS THE PROFILE FOR THE NEGLECT ABUSER.
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  1. THEY ARE USUALLY SINGLE FEMALE CARETAKERS.
  2. THEY ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO BE REPORTED.
  3. HAVE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
  4. SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM.
  5. EXPERIENCED NEGLECT THEMSELVES.
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  1. WHAT ARE CHILD FATALITIES CATEGORIZED AS. 2 CATEGORIES.
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  1. ACUTE MALTREATMENT

2. CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

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  1. ACUTE MALTREATMENT.

2. IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT CASES, HOW OFTEN WAS THE CHILD PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.

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  1. THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF A SPECIFIC INCIDENT OR ABUSE, OR AN ACT OF NEGLIGENCE.
  2. THE HAS NEVER BEEN PREVIOUSLY ABUSED OR NEGLECTED.
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  1. IN CASES OF ACUTE MALTREATMENT HOW WOULD THE CARETAKER HAVE FATALLY ASSAULTED THE CHILD
  2. WHAT CASES ARE OFTEN INCLUDED IN ACUTE MALTREATMENT OF A CHILD.2

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  1. AS AN INAPPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO THE CHILDS BEHAVIOR
  2. OR A CONSCIOUS ACT TO HURT THE CHILD.
  4. SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.
  5. ACUTE NEGLECT.
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  1. .WHAT IS SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

2. WHAT IS ACUTE NEGLECT.

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  1. A CHILDS BRAIN IS INJURED FROM VIOLENT SHAKING, OFTEN CAUSE THE CHILDS CRYING TRIGGERED THE EVENT.
  2. A CARETAKERS ONE TIME FAILURE TO PROPERLY SUPERVISE THE CHILD, WHICH RESULTS IN A FATAL INJURY.
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  1. WHAT IS CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

2. WHAT IS USUALLY INCLUDED IN CHRONIC MALTREATMENT

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  1. THE CHILDS DEATH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO INJURIES CAUSED BY NEGLECT OCCURRING OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
  2. BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME
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  1. WHAT IS BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME
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  1. A COLLECTION OF INJURIES SUSTAINED BY A CHILD AS A RESULT OF REPEATED MISTREATMENT OR BEATING.
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  1. HOW DOES CHILD FATALITIES DIFFER FROM OTHER TYPES OF HOMICIDE. 7
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  1. THE CAUSES OF DEATH
  2. THE OFFENDERS MOTIVATIONS
  3. THE LEGAL CULPABILITY FOR THE CRIME
  4. THE METHODS USED TO INFLICT THE FATAL INJURIES
  5. THE TYPES OF INJURIES SUSTAINED
  6. THE PHYSICAL AND FORENSIC EVIDENCE INVOLVED.
  7. THE INVESTIGATORS TECHNIQUES USED.
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  1. CATEGORIES AND ISSUES INVOLVED IN CHILD FATALITIES.
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  1. DELAYED DEATH
  2. WITNESSES AND ACCOMPLICES
  3. WEAPONS
  4. TRACE EVIDENCE
  5. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
  6. INTERNAL INJURIES
  7. MOTIVES.
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  1. Why do many maltreatment deaths of children involve a delay of time
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  1. This often happens in cases of a abuse of head trams.

2. And in cases of internal injuries to the chest and abdomen.

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  1. What is the most common type of fatal injury and maltreatment death to a child
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  1. Abuse head trams caused by shaken baby syndrome
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  1. The delayed death of s child may also be caused by
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  1. Scalding

2. From an infection from other injuries

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  1. Why are witnesses an issue in child maltreatment cases
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  1. Because there is usually an absence of witnesses to the actual incident of abuse or neglect that caused the child’s fatal injury.
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  1. Where do most child maltreatment deaths occur

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  1. Inside a private location such as the home
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  1. Why are accomplices also rare in a child maltreatment death
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  1. Because it’s unusual for two or more people to participate in the child’s fatal maltreatment
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  1. Maltreatment murders of children rarely involve traditional weapons. Instead they include what type of weapons 4
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  1. Hands.
  2. Feet.
  3. Household items
  4. Scalding water
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  1. What are child maltreatment deaths usually caused by 7
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  1. Shaking
  2. Slamming.
  3. Blunt force trauma
  4. Scalding.
  5. Starvation.
  6. Neglectful supervision.
  7. Various other firms of abuse and neglect
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  1. What type of evidence is almost useless in child maltreatment deaths
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  1. Fingerprints and DNA
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  1. What type of evidence is most common in child maltreatment death.
  2. Why
  3. What must the investigator prove
  4. What two critically important things must an investigator prove
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  1. Circumstantial evidence
  2. Because there is usually a lack of witnesses and direct evidence
  3. That only the suspect could have committed the crime
  5. That the suspect was the only person with the child at the time of the fatal injury.
  6. Prove that the injury was not accidental
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  1. In children maltreatment deaths when will injuries be visible
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  1. They may not be visible at first. The injuries may not appear for hours or even days after the child got the injuries
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  1. What do most child maltreatment fatal injuries involve.
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  1. Trauma to the brain

2. And trauma to the internal organs such as the chest and abdomen.

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  1. What may a child’s death appear to be at first if there r no visible external injuries
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  1. May appear natural
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  1. Who are the majority of offenders that killed their children due to maltreatment.
  2. Who committed the rest
  3. For the majority of child maltreatment deaths. What was the motive of the maltreatment
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  1. The parents.
  2. The non parent caretaker
  4. Crying.
  5. Bed wetting.
  6. Feeding problems.
  7. The caretaker has feelings of resentment
  8. The caretaker has feelings of frustration
  9. The caretaker has hatred for the child
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  1. What is the role of CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
  2. What does child protective services NOT DO

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  1. To determine if maltreatment was involved in the child’s death.
  2. Identify the responsible party
  3. Take action to protect the surviving siblings.
  4. They do not determine whether anyone committed a crime. Not are they trained as criminal investigators to collect evidence and interrogate suspects
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  1. What’s the role of the criminal investigator in child deaths
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  1. To determine if a crime has been committed.

2. And who is responsible

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  1. Battered child.
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  1. A child who suffers from physical abuse
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  1. Battered child syndrome
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  1. A clinical term referring to the collection of injuries sustained by a child as a result of repeated mistreatment or beating
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  1. What age are the victims of shaken baby syndrome
  2. What is one symptom that is conclusive if shaken baby syndrome
  3. What is the more common age of babies who are susceptible of shaken baby syndrome
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  1. 3 and under
  2. Retinal hemorrhaging
  3. 18 months and younger
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  1. Münchausen syndrome

2. Münchausen syndrome by proxy

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  1. A psychological disorder in which a patient fabricates symptoms of disease or injury in order to undergo medical tests or hospitalization.
  2. Parents with Münchausen syndrome who attempt to bring medical attention to themselves by inducing illnesses in their children
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  1. Sudden infant death syndrome

2. When does SIDS always occur

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  1. Diagnosis given for the sudden death of an infant one month to One year of age that remains unexplained after an investigation.
  2. After the baby has been put down to sleep
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  1. Battery
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  1. An intentional nonconsensual bodily contact that a reasonable person would consider harmful
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  1. What are the 3 categories of sexual abuse of children
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  1. Exploitation
  2. Incest.
  3. Child sexual abuse
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  1. What is exploitation.
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  1. The use of children for illegal activities such as prostitution and pornography.
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  1. Incest.

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  1. Sexual relations between children and their parents.
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  1. Child sexual abuse
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  1. The sexual molestation of children, as well as seductiin and statuatory rape. Unwanted sexual contact of an undercharge child
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  1. What is the stepwise interview
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Uses techniques to

  1. Minimize trauma a child may experience from an interview
  2. Maximize the amount and quality of information from the child
  3. Maintain the integrity of the investigation process
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  1. Child molester.
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  1. One who engages in some form of child sexual exploitation.
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  1. Situational molester.
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  1. Child molester who commits such crimes because of one of several external factors. These include intoxication , drug abuse, mood , or mental conditions.
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  1. Preferential molester.
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A child molester who has sexual desires focusing on children and typically had s more identifiable psychological disorder.

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  1. Fixated child molester
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  1. One whose primary sexual orientation is toward children and whose sociosexual maturation develops as a result of unresolved conflicts in his or Her development
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  1. The regressed child molester
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A child molester who views the victim as a substitute for an adult partner

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  1. Pedophile
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  1. The basis of sexual misconduct with children
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  1. Who is the most common type of pedophile
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  1. A child molester
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  1. WHAT IS THE COMMON AGE FOR A CHILD MOLESTORS VICTIM

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  1. 11TO 13.
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  1. WHAT TWO CATEGORIES DO CHILD MOLESTERS FALL INTO.
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  1. THE SITUATIONAL MOLESTER

2. THE PREFERENTIAL MOLESTER.

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  1. WHAT ARE THE TWO PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPES OF CHILD MOLESTERS.
A
  1. FIXATED CHILD MOLESTER.

2. THE REGRESSED CHILD MOLESTER.

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  1. What is the most common form of child molestation.

2. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON WAY A PERSON IS ABLE TO MOLEST A CHILD.

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  1. FONDLING

2. BRIBERY

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  1. PEDOPHILIA
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  1. SEXUAL ATTRACTION TO CHILDREN.
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  1. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN TYPES OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
A
  1. PHYSICAL ABUSE
  2. SEXUAL ABUSE
  3. NEGLECT.
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  1. PHYSICAL ABUSE
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  1. RANGES IN SEVERITY FROM MINOR BRUISING TO DEATH. THE RISK OF ABUSE DECREASES AS THE CHILD GETS OLDER. IT OCCURS DISPROPORTIONATELY AMONG ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES. INCOME ALSO AFFECTS THE SERIOUSNESS OF ABUSE.
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  1. SEXUAL ABUSE
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  1. INVOLVES CHILDREN AGES 7 TO 12. GIRLS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SECUALLY ABUSED.
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  1. NEGLECT.
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  1. RANGES FROM THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE FOOD, CLOTHING, OR SHELTER, OR MEDICAL CARE, SUPERVISION, OR SCHOOLING. THE MEAN AGE OF THE VICTIM IS 6.
69
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  1. WHAT SYSTEM IS MAINTAINED BYTHE US DEPT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THAT IS A NATIONAL DATABASE PROVIDING INFORMATION ON INCIDENCES OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
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  1. THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM.
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  1. WHAT DO MOST CHILDREN SUFFER ACCORDING THE THE NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT DATA SYSTEM.

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  1. NEGLECT.
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  1. WHAT IS THE AGE OF CHILDREN THAT MOSTLY DIE FROM MALTREATMENT.
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  1. UNDER 4.
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  1. CHILD ABUSE.
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  1. THE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN.

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