Vulnerable Population And Self-Awareness Paper

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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper Abuse around the world is a never ending problem. People around the world are abused all the time and many of these beatings end up being fatal in the end. Children are a huge part of this vulnerable population as they are not always able to defend themselves. This paper will talk about a vulnerable population; it will describe the population’s demographics; my personal awareness of the population; as well as describe the situation the character from the Neighborhood is in. Vulnerable Population’s Demographics Abuse comes in many different forms. It can be physical, mental, sexual, and psychological or just plain neglect. The abuse usually is at the hands of loved ones or caretakers. Many children suffer from one form of abuse or another in their young life. Some suffer throughout their whole young adult life and only get away from it when they are grown and move out of the house. Others never get away from the abuse even though they are grown. The epidemic of abuse has continued to rise over the years. According to the Child Welfare Information Gateway Child abuse has different definitions for different states (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2011). This information can be found on the Child Welfare Information Gateway at their website www.childwelfare.gov. In the year 2009 it was estimated that more than 800,000 children had been confirmed as abuse or neglect victims in the United States (The State Library of Kansas, 2009). It is also estimated that one in every four girls and one in every seven boys are subject to sexual abuse before they see their 18th birthday (The State Library of Kansas, 2009). The most common form of child abuse is neglect. Children under the age of 7 made up 56% of these cases (Beddoe, 2011). In the United States in the year 2008 there were 772,000 substantiated

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