Why Are Child and Elder Abuse Likely to Go Unreported

question 63

Multiple Choice

Why are child and elder abuse likely to go unreported?

• A) Few authority figures care enough to investigate abuse.
• B) Neither kind of abuse is perceived as a serious problem in America today.
• C) The abuse is impossible to detect.
• D) Most child and elder abuse is done very carefully, so as to make it hard to prove in court.
• E) The victims are relatively powerless.

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