Child Abuse and the Internet
... 43 7 October 2002 Child Abuse, the Internet, and Credibility The Internet is the newest medium for research available to anyone. ... My topic of research is child abuse. ... The site is titled “Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources. ... This fact does not make his findings any less relevant to the topic of child abuse. Even though the study of past experiences is a majority of the site’s body he does go into the child abuse of adolescents with borrowed article. ... In the introduction Hopper explores unavoidable biases, controversies, and child abuse used in historical contexts. ... He puts forth the idea that the statistics of child abuse in general are controversial. ... The section following the statistical information explains the effects of child abuse, followed by resources for more research. ... He also defines abuse. The definitions of abuse used in official government studies are based on laws, because government definitions are needed for more than research purposes. They are also needed for purposes like determining whether or not suspected abuse should be reported, investigated, "substantiated" (as actually having occurred), and lead to action by a social service agency or court (Hopper). ... The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information was established by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. The Clearinghouse provides information products and technical assistance services to help professionals locate information related to child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues. ... The site also speaks of specific instances of child abuse. In one instance it focuses on the abuse of males. ... While still be general enough to not be too specific making the site unusable for the general research of the topic of child abuse. Perhaps though one of the most impressive things which I saw was his explanation of the effects of child abuse, in the first few sentences he puts forth the idea that most sights dealing with the effects of child abuse are nothing but “laundry lists” or problems and symptoms, basically, information which does no good in solving the problem or addresses a way to help the situation of someone being abused. ... In reading the effects I was happy to find one such effect to be backed up by an article in Child Abuse & Neglect, which is a published journal. The findings of Hopper and of the journal were that those who experience child abuse have a greater likely hood of developing an eating disorder. Hopper also includes several resources for finding more information on the subject of child abuse. ... org, Betrayal trauma: The logic of forgetting childhood abuse, and Center for Sex Offender Management. ... On my examination of these titles I have found them to be just what I expected them to be unbiased and factual readings about the topic of child abuse. ... In evaluating this site several things were reviewed, and in every instance I have found the site has everything one would need to use it as a source for a paper on child abuse. ... It addresses several aspects of the topic and could very well be used for a paper written on a specific type of child abuse. ... 43 7 October 2002 Child Abuse, the Internet, and Credibility The Internet is the newest medium for research available to anyone. ... My topic of research is child abuse. ... The site is titled “Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources. ... This fact does not make his findings any less relevant to the topic of child abuse. Even though the study of past experiences is a majority of the site’s body he does go into the child abuse of adolescents with borrowed article. ... In the introduction Hopper explores unavoidable biases, controversies, and child abuse used in historical contexts. ... He puts forth the idea that the statistics of child abuse in general are controversial. ... The section following the statistical information explains the effects of child abuse, followed by resources for more research. ... He also defines abuse. The definitions of abuse used in official government studies are based on laws, because government definitions are needed for more than research purposes. They are also needed for purposes like determining whether or not suspected abuse should be reported, investigated, "substantiated" (as actually having occurred), and lead to action by a social service agency or court (Hopper). ... The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information was established by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974. The Clearinghouse provides information products and technical assistance services to help professionals locate information related to child abuse and neglect and related child welfare issues.