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contemporary child abuse  

Definition

  • The two major categories of child abuse are physical and sexual. Child abuse may initiate the next cycle and generation of adult abusers. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Child Abuse, Contemporary]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-TGBF9L6W-6

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