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Child neglect (also called psychological abuse) is commonly defined as a failure by a child's caretaker to meet a child's physical, emotional, educational, or medical needs.
According to the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect, child abuse is any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm.ouglas J. Besharov, the first Director of the U.S. Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, states the existing laws are often vague and overly broad and there is a lack of consensus among professionals and Child Protective Services (CPS), personnel about what the terms abuse and neglect mean.