Parents have spoken about harrowing cases of their young children being abused by other children in daycare centers, as part of an ABC investigation into the New South Wales sector. Subscribe to our ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Mo. (WKRC) - Three family members were arrested for allegedly abusing children in their care, including sexual abuse and forcing one to write Bible verses for food. According to a ...

The words used to describe child sexual abuse matter. Media framing can obscure exploitation, minimize harm, and shape how ...

Across the United States, state laws designate licensed mental health professionals (MHPs) as mandated reporters when they have reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect (Ettinger, 2022). This ...

Lissette Soto Domenech’s emaciated 14-year-old sons — whom she wanted “to stay babies forever” — would probably be dead were it not for several anonymous calls to the Administration for Children’s ...

Catholic priests in Rhode Island preyed on hundreds of children for decades, getting away with sexual abuse largely due to a ...

Another Connecticut case raised similar concerns just a few months ago. A man was found to be locked in his Waterbury home by his stepmother for 20 years. Beaten, starved, he was only permitted to ...

A Port Huron, Michigan, woman is facing several charges after the Michigan State Police said it learned she was sharing files of child sexually abusive material online. The state agency's Internet ...

Daryl Higgins receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the National Health and Medical Research Council (as one of the Chief Investigators on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study), ...