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Kaylee Llerena

Massey-Jimenez

ENC1102

December 3, 2017

Final Essay Outline

Every day all over the world there are children being abused, either sexually, emotionally,

physically etc. most of the time people dont notice and those poor children dont get any type of

help. Can you imagine all those poor little children suffering from child abuse? its extremely

important to help them, create awareness of what is going on and show people the way they can

help. Now a days people dont seem to notice what going on around of them maybe because

they are too busy dealing with life problems and thats mostly why children suffer for not having

attention, nobody to talk to and when are being abused or bullied nobody too help them and

make them feel protected.

I. Teachers are being allowed to testify for child abuse, now whenever a teacher sees a

child being abuse she has the right to go to court and do something to help that

innocent kid. Most of these examples are based on a trial that happened where a

teacher was able to participate to help a three-year-old kid that was being abused.
A. the Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for prosecutors to bring child-abuse cases

without young children having to testify, allowing jurors to hear from teachers whose

students told them they were abused. (Kendall, Brent)

B. The case centered on Cleveland defendant Darius Clark, who was convicted after a trial

in which preschool teachers testified the alleged victim a 3-year-old known in court

papers. (Kendall, Brent 1)

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II. Many investigations have been opened to find help and find ways to protect the

children being abused, but those investigations dont seem to help. Because all this

investigation doesnt seem to be helping many acts have been passing on to protect

the children. Scientist have interviewed families for several years to see how children

get affected and how they can help them.

A. Child Protective Services investigated more than three million cases of suspected

child abuse in 2007, but a new study suggests that the investigations did little or nothing

to improve the lives of those children. (Bakalar, Nicholas)

B. In New York, for example, there are now Child Protective Services offices in every

county, paid for in part with federal funds. Researchers examined the records of 595

children nationwide, all at similar high risk for maltreatment, tracking them from ages 4

to 8. (Bakalar, Nicholas 1)
C. Child Protective Services investigated the families of 164 of these children for suspected

abuse or neglect. The scientists then interviewed all the families four years later,

comparing the investigated families with the 431 families that had not been

investigated... (Bakalan, Nicholas 1)

III. a study finds that 1 in 8 U.S. kids will become a victim of serious mistreatment.

children can be abused in many ways and it can happen in any age, they get

mistreated because of their color, the way they look and where they come from.
A. African American children were found to be the most at risk, with 20.9% of them

projected to suffer abuse or neglect by the time they turned 18. (Kaplan, Karen)
B. Native American children have a 14.5% cumulative risk of abuse or neglect. They were

followed by Latino children, with a 13% cumulative risk, the researchers found. An

estimated 10.7% of white children will suffer maltreatment before reaching adulthood

slightly below the nationwide average. (Kaplan, Karen 1)

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To accomplish this cause, its fundamental to understand whats going on all over

the world with so many innocents children. this is all prove that there needs to be

awareness and people should use a little bit of their time and decide to help, and

always be alert, if anyone sees a child being abused or buying its important to try

to help not continue walking and ignore the situation. Many families and kids will

appreciate the help, many of them are being sexually abused but because they are

afraid of people judging them they dont speak up and they suffer, others are

being bullied or mistreated by parents, friends or teachers and they cant tell. All

this purpose is why is so important to create mindfulness and show the world

whats going on with children.