The Key Word in the Text's Distinction Between Child Abuse

question 156

Multiple Choice

The key word in the text's distinction between child abuse and child neglect is:

• A) physical
• B) emotional
• C) intentional
• D) psychological

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Definitions:

Liability

Legal responsibility or obligation to another party, usually in terms of damages or debts.

Battery

A legal violation characterized by the illegal physical realization of a threat, separate from assault that encompasses the action of inducing fear of that contact.

Negligence

The omission to do something that a reasonable person, guided by those considerations that ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or doing something that a prudent and reasonable person would not do.

False Imprisonment

A legal claim involving the wrongful detention of an individual without their consent.