Child Abuse Increasing rate of child abuse cases creates severe problems among the authorities as well as the

public and it has become a highly controversial issue in recent years. In the United States, studies prove that children continue to suffer from the hidden epidemic of growing abuse and negligence. Research professionals and experts have provided substantial evidence about the short and long term impact of child abuse on the society as well. Child abuse contribute to a variety of physical and mental problems like brain damage, constant deterioration of self-esteem, chronic failure in making effective relationships, formation of aggressive behavior and various learning disabilities among the children. Recent s researches taken place in the field of physical abuse against children underline the severity of physical harassment against children. Even though, preventive actions and supporting programs are active, child abuse reports have exposed a growing tendency. Physical maltreatment is often characterized as physical injury, often caused by hitting, beating, arm twisting, hair pulling and kicking etc. Physical maltreatments and sexual abuse pose serious threats among people with poor economic backgrounds. Majority of the African and Asian countries have faced the severity of poverty and starvation for many years. People from these countries always fail to satisfy their primary needs such as food, shelter, medicine and education. Growing rate of child abuse cases and allegations accelerates tension and anxiety among the parents as well as the authority. As children are the great wealth of a nation, challenges against children raises some serious questions about the existence of the social system as well. The proposed research will be classified as a hypothesis-generating field study which explains and analyze events of child abuse. The study is based on the assumption that

various child maltreatments like physical abuse, emotional neglect, and sexual abuse directly affect not only the physical growth but impairs cognitive and psychological functioning. Child abuse affects not only a particular group of children or people; it creates problems in society and administration. Sampling of the proposed research is based on the selection of particular population group and the collection of relevant data from that particular population group. Participants who take part in the survey must be keenly protected from any form of difficulties related to social, cultural, religious, and ethnic prejudices. In the proposed research, the researcher has the responsibility to coordinate different activities effectively and to ensure the confidentiality of all the partakers who engage in the survey. An official letter and a confidential data sheet will be arranged by the learner for all the participants. Finally it is significant that the learner informs that the entire study is free from personal intentions and participants have the right to withdraw from the research at any time.