Sexual Child Abuse

Since before the human race even began to analyze the habits of living organisms, there has always been the instinct of good and bad, right and wrong, and the concept that every living creature has a bit of both. One of the most morbid criminal acts that is instilled in some of the worse humans is sexually abusing children. While this act cannot be justified by any depth of comprehension, it can be studied, and in some cases, put to an end. In the United States alone, 3.2 out of 1000 children are reportedly sexually molested. Considering the thousands of millions of American children, that isn't as remote as it sounds. The physical and emotional effects of child abuse, examined in "Child ABuse: Pediatrics" by Dr. Giardino, are displayed through the Indian child, Turtle, in Barbara Kingsolver's novel, "The Bean Trees".
According to Dr. Angelo P. Giardino, Vice President at St. Crhistopher's Hospital for Children, there are two main groups of conditi...