1)
1. Child abuse is any form of spanking,
corporal punishment, or pain inflicting behavior upon a child which results in
redness (lasting more than a few hours), bruising, wounds, or scars. Child
abuse may also be emotional and this would include any treatment, statements,
or word choice which inflicts long lasting emotional damage on children.
2. A) Spanking may be child abuse if it is
done overly aggressive. Spanking which results in long lasting redness (over 2
hours) or bruising may be considered child abuse.
B) Slight spanking may
be allowed only in private. The spanking may be slight, in such a manner that
would only result in a slight sting with no redness whatsoever.
3. A)
A parent should be able to punish their child in public but not
physically. The public should be concerned if a parent readily attempts to
physically punish their child in front of others. If a parent is willing to
exhibit such behavior in public, one can only imagine the behavior performed in
private. At that point the welfare of the child should be called into question.
1. An acceptable form
of public punishment is informing a child they are grounded or taking away
their electronic devices.
2. An unacceptable form
of public punishment is telling the child they “are going to get it when they
get home,” or any form of physical or emotional abuse or punishment.
2)
1. In South Carolina if an individual
possesses material which contains a visual representation of a minor. They are
guilty of third degree sexual exploitation. The visual representation of the
minor may be deduced through the title, text, or the actual visual representation
of a minor. This crime is a felony and someone convicted of it would be
imprisoned for up to 10 years. http://www.ndaa.org/pdf/Child%20Pornography%20Possession%20Statutes%203-2010.pdf
2. 1) South Carolina does not have a
specific sexting law. However, it is Second Degree sexual exploitation of a
minor if an individual records, photographs, films, develops. Duplicates,
produces, or creates digital images which contains a minor in sexual activity
or distributes, exhibits, receives, sells, purchases, exchanges, or solicits a
visual representation of a minor in sexual activity. This would lead up to 10
years in jail. And Registering as a sex offender, even if a minor.
2) Sexting is sending, receiving or
transmitting images or sexually explicit material (may be verbal or visual).
Sexting includes naked pictures, images of sexual acts, images of genitalia,
and other sexually explicit material.
3) Sexting for teenagers should not be
punished. If the images are for personal use only, they should not be punished
for producing or distributing child pornography. The teens are going to see
what the image portrays in real life most likely, and shouldn’t be punished for
experimenting.
1. If someone distributes the images in a malevolent
manner then they should be punished with a fine or misdemeanor. Malevolent may
be described as distributing the images in order to produce embarrassment to
the victim, bully the victim, or for vengeance against the victim.
2. The victim should not be punishment. Acknowledgement of
their unknowledgeable decision should be punishment enough. Mandatory
counseling may be a good “punishment” for the victim.
3)
1. A Hamilton Morales,
a 33 year old man from Rock Hill, South Carolina is accused of beating his 10
year old son. His mother called police to inform them that her son was abusing
the child. It is alleged that the man beat his son with a belt, and forced him
to walk around the backyard with weights in his backpack. Police reports state
the boy had scrapes on his shoulders and red marks on his legs. Morales is
charged with unlawful conduct towards a child. Morales asserts he was punishing
the child for an incident which occurred at the child’s institution. No
convictions have been made as of late.
2. Reading about these
forms of victimization was a little bit harder than past posts. It affected me
differently in the way that it was harder to read about the abusive situations
that children are put into. Reading about domestic violence feels much
different than reading about violence against children. The innocence and
helplessness of children has something to do with why it is so hard. Oftentimes
children are abused by their caretakers and are not aware that abuse is
occurring (because it is normal for them) and they are afraid or unaware of how
to receive aid. It is just saddening that abuse occurs daily, and abused
children are often unaided or ignored by the public.
4) a) A Child Called It
by Dave Pelzer documents the author’s early life. His mother was an alcoholic who
abused her three children. She played torture games which left one of her son’s
on the brink of life. She considered the author a slave, and referred to him as
it. He was starved; he was only allowed to eat scraps from his pet dog’s bowl.
He was kept in the basement on a cot, and not allowed outside. The book
documents Dave’s dreams to escape and find a family who loves him. The book may
be purchased on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Child-Called-It-David-Pelzer/dp/0752837508/ref=cm_lmf_tit_1
b) Child Sex Slave: A Memoir by Monuluedee
Luecha gives an inside look to child sexual slavery in Asia. The book documents
the revolting things the children face every day, and how those meant to
protect them fail. The book is told from the perspective of Monuluedee a child
sex slave, and documents the everyday torture she faced. It documents how she
managed to escape, even in the face of several obstacles. The book may be
purchased on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Child-Sex-Slave-A-Memoir/dp/1479168424
