Child abuse definition

Child abuse means any of the following acts committed in an educational setting by an employee or volunteer against a child:
Child abuse means any conduct that falls under the purview and reporting requirements of N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.8 et seq. and is directed toward or against a child or student, regardless of the age of the child or student.
Child abuse means to cause or inflict sexual abuse on a child; or an act by a person that has care, custody, or control of a child that causes or inflicts physical injury through unjustified force, emotional abuse, torture, exploitation, maltreatment or mistreatment as defined in 10 Del.C. §901.

Examples of Child abuse in a sentence

  • Child abuse among working children in rural Bangladesh: prevalence and determinants.

  • Child abuse prevalence in Russian urban population: A preliminary report.

  • Child abuse and AIDS-related knowledge, attitudes and behavior among adolescents in Zambia.


More Definitions of Child abuse

Child abuse means harm or threatened harm to a child's health or welfare that occurs through nonaccidental physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, or maltreatment, by a parent, a legal guardian, or any other person responsible for the child's health or welfare or by a teacher, a teacher's aide, or a member of the clergy.
Child abuse means child abuse pursuant to section 13-3623.
Child abuse or "neglect" means the physical abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, abandonment, negligent treatment or mal- treatment of a child by any person as defined in RCW 26.44.020.
Child abuse means any conduct that falls under the purview and reporting requirements of law (P.L. 1971, c.437; N.J.S.A. 9:6-8.8 et seq.) and is directed toward or against a child or student, regardless of the age of the child or student (see also board policy 5141.4 Missing, Abused and Neglected Children);
Child abuse means any one of the following acts committed in an educational setting by an employee or volunteer against a child:
Child abuse means any of the following acts committed in an educational setting by an employee or volunteer against a child (defined as a person under the age of 21 years enrolled in a school):
Child abuse means causes or inflicts sexual abuse on a child; or a person that has care, custody, or control of a child and causes or inflicts physical injury through unjustified force, emotional abuse, torture, exploitation, maltreatment or mistreatment as defined in 10 Delaware Code, Section 901.