It's easy to blame the Department of Children and Families, but deep social dysfunction explains many of the problems workers encounter, Chris Powell writes.

McLennan County DA’s Office ends long-standing representation in CPS child abuse and neglect cases ...

Emotional neglect is one of the most misunderstood childhood experiences, even by professionals. Here are five common myths ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that the child abuse case in Vinton County will haunt investigators and first responders.

Child abuse and neglect is well established as an important societal concern with significant ramifications for the affected children, their families, and society at large (see Chapter 4). A critical ...

Do abuse and neglect cause behavior problems among children or do behavior problems among children cause abuse and neglect? A new study from researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human ...

New research from the University of Toronto found that childhood neglect, even in the absence of childhood sexual abuse and physical abuse, is linked with a wide range of mental and physical health ...

Based on my 40 years of experience doing therapy, I’d wager that most people would say that child abuse is worse, or more serious, than neglect. The very fact that, as generally understood, abuse is ...

A new report from a project led by the University of Huddersfield has found even stronger evidence that links poverty to child abuse and neglect. Professor Paul Bywaters, together with Guy Skinner ...

A Volusia County couple is facing child abuse and neglect charges after investigators said two children endured years of ...

A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has developed a new framework for identifying the often-subtle signs of child abuse and neglect in antiquity. Previous osteoarchaeological studies ...