Child abuse

Cruel or violent treatment of a child, especially when it occurs regularly or repeatedly.⁵ This includes physical abuse, which is bodily injury inflicted upon a child or youth such as punching, beating, kicking, biting, burning, or shaking; sexual abuse, which includes intercourse, fondling, acts of exposure, sexual soliciting, and sexual harassment; and emotional abuse, which includes exposure to domestic violence or witnessing a parent’s misconduct.⁶