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6 pages in length. The prevalence of abuse throughout the United States is not restricted to any age group, gender or ethnicity; that abuse crosses all lines of demarcation speaks to an equal opportunity offense where verbal or physical harm often goes undetected when the victim is either unable or unwilling to report the abuse. For those in California and Arkansas who have suffered at the hands of an abuser but are either afraid or wholly incapable of saying so, laws exist so that others may step in and ultimately make the report in the victim's defense. Nowhere is this more important a legal intervention than when children are targets of abuse. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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offender verbal or physical harm often goes undetected when the victim is either unable or unwilling to report the abuse. For those in California and Arkansas who have suffered
at the hands of an abuser but are either afraid or wholly incapable of saying so, laws exist so that others may step in and ultimately make the report in
the victims defense. Nowhere is this more important a legal intervention than when children are targets of abuse. Children, who are
victims of several different types of abuse, are often the unwitting victims of domestic violence, even though they are not the specific targets of the spouses anger. Statistics show
that in America, a child is reported abused or neglected every thirteen seconds, which equates to more than two point seven million children each and every year. This figure,
more than three times as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). Employing the interventionist efforts
of Arkansas and Californias duty to protect laws as a means by which to circumvent further physical and emotional destruction is imperative if the child is going to avert further
physical and/or emotional battering. It stands to reason that children who are forced to endure the constant negativity of a high conflict home life where abuse is present -
even when they are not always the victims but merely observers - are bound to be impacted by dysfunctional personal development, a situation where legal intervention becomes critical for reporting
abuse. According to the American Psychological Association, more than three million children see episodes of violence against their mothers or other female caretakers every year (Pulido, 2001). Arkansas and
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