There are even extreme cases where children develop psychopathic disorders or tendencies. Children who are abandoned and maltreated are essentially calloused to life. They do not feel empathy, guilt, and they do not understand right from wrong. Some children kill animals, speak of killing their friends or families, hurt others and or hurt themselves. These children are often depressed, egotistic, entitled, angry, resentful, fearful and have a lack of sense of belonging. These children do not trust and are not trusted because of their actions and psychopathic thoughts. But, does this mean that we should give up on these children and just lock them away? I looked for the answers in real life cases. Mostly these children can be helped and they can go on to live some sort of a normal life. On the other hand, some can turn out to be The perpetrator was a young girl of the age 15. She is nothing more than a child but she killed another girl of the age 9. her name is Alyssa Dailen Bustamante. Bustamante was a very troubled child. Her father , Caesar Bustamante, was sentences for 10 years on charges of assault. So he was not there for Alyssa and neither was her mother, Michelle Bustamante. Michelle was not a physically abusive mother, but instead she was a mentally abusing mother. Michelle abandoned Alyssa. She was addicted to drugs and drinking. Alyssa would find her mother passed out and or high on the couch on several occasion. This was at the age of 6 when Alyssa remembers seeing her mother like that. experts say that children who experience events like this tend to be traumatized or not pay attention to it and move on. Alyssa was assumed to be the former. Fortunately for Alyssa, in 1998 she was taken from her mother and placed under custody of her grandmother, Karen Brooke, along with her two brothers and one sister. It was hoped that Alyssa’s life would change for the better, but it did
In the essay "Overcoming Abuse - My Story", Shawna Platt talks about her childhood with her alcoholic parents and her struggles. She has experienced neglect, domestic, emotional and sexual abuse. She also talks about how she overcame all the abuse, the way the abuse effected her mental health, and how she broke the cycle with her children. While reading this essay, the one incident stood out the most was that her parents left Shawna alone with her newborn sister. At the time, Shawna was only ten years old.
A horrific murder happened in tiny Skidmore on December of 2004. Lisa Montgomery and Bobbi Jo Stinnett met and found out that they had much in common and became good friends (Nunes 85-86). Surprisingly, Bobbi and Lisa met in an internet chat room. Bobbi was into puppy breeding and she occasionally served as a judge. Lisa lived in Kansas where her close friends were shocked about what she was talking about. Of course, Lisa shrugged it off and she sent an email to Bobbi saying that she wanted to see the puppies (Nunes 85-86). When Lisa met Bobbi Jo she had a fake name which was Darlene Fisher because she didn’t want Bobbi to know her real identity. When Lisa sent Bobbi the email she had a criminal intent on her mind. She was planning to choke Bobbi into unconsciousness and then cut open her womb and steal Bobbi’s unborn baby. When Lisa arrived at the house she threw a rope around Bobbi’s neck and choked her until she was unconscious. That is when Lisa took a knife and started to cut open Bobbi’s stomach. Lisa had to cut through skin, fat, and muscle to get to Bobbi’s uterus. Bobbi’s baby was in eight-month gestation; Lisa cut and tied the baby’s cord. Lisa stole the baby and fled to her house in Kansas. Unfort...
In July of 1994, a little girl named, Megan Kanka, was raped and strangled. They found her body near her home in Hamilton Township, New Jersey. The story of thing young girl has shocked the nation. The man responsible for this brutal act is named, Jesse Timmendequas. He had been convicted twice prior to this attack.
brutally murdered outside The Daily Planet, a restaurant patronized by the local young people who are involved. The girl was visiting home for the summer. after being in the Los Angeles area attending school. Her and a friend were getting into their car when two guys on a motorcycle rode up next to Kimber Reynolds blocking her in, taking her purse, and beating her. her into a submission.
Kayleigh Slusher, a three years old baby girl in Napa Calif. the little baby girl lives with her mother and the mother’s boyfriend, while the real father is in jail. During that time, police often gone the house to visit and check up on the little child well-being and making sure everything is ok, the mother was check on also. On Jan. 30, Kayleigh’s body was found in a suitcase inside a freezer that was left for three days, the body of the child was also found with bruises and sexual assault, the mother (Krueger) and her boyfriend Ryan Scott Warner was arrested at El Cerrito Bart station near a restaurant.
When Deborah was only sixteen she became pregnant with her first child by Cheetah and boy she liked when she was younger. Cheetah and Deborah got married and then had their second child. Deborah became very unhappy in the marriage because Cheetah started drinking and doing drugs. He started abusing Deborah. Cheetah pushed Deborah so much she almost killed him if it wasn’t for Bobbette. Deborah’s brothers Sonny and Lawrence were doing well except for Joe. Joe was another case. Joe went to the military, and the family was hoping that would do him good; but he came out worse than when he went in. Joe was threatened and beaten up by a boy named Ivy. Joe was in so much rage he went and stabbed him and killed him. Joe eventually turned himself in to the law, was convicted of second degree murder and sentenced fifteen years in prison.
If a child is neglected or abused by a parent or guardian, then such bad behaviors or mental disorders can develop. “According to Sigmund Freud the development of the unconscious personality early in childhood will influence behavior for the rest of one’s life” (Freeman, web). When a child has no foundation to learn from, they cannot learn how to be ethical. Also the child may not be able to be empathetic and learn how to understand other people’s feelings. “Childhood adversity, such as abuse, neglect, parental loss, and other stressful experiences, has been estimated to account for 45% of the variance in childhood-onset psychopathology and 26-32% of the risk for later-onset psychiatric disorders” (Burgers, web). An example of a child affected by a lack of parenting is a man named Charles Manson. He grew up in a very unstable home. His mother was a sixteen year old prostitute who tried to sell him for one bottle to alcohol. While growing up, he moved between different family members since his mother was incapable of raising a child. Manson said in his own words “Rejection, more than love or acceptance, has been a part of my life since birth” (Emmons, pg. 24). As a result of such neglect and abuse, Manson created an occult. He made the people in the occult his new family who he could control. He then manipulated them to kill multiple people. Manson was named the most dangerous man alive and has a book on his life experiences before the killings (Emmons, web). Another serial killer who was abused as a child is John Wayne Gacy. He was molested by his uncle on multiple occasions. He then raped and killed thirty-three young
Child Maltreatment is generally defined as any acts brought upon by a parent or caregiver of a child that results in harm or potential for harm. Child Maltreatment includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse, and neglect. When a child exhibits signs of any form of abuse it typically becomes the responsibility of Child Protective Services to remove the child from their home and place them in foster care. However there is a controversy on whether removing the child from their home or if family preservations are best for the child than taking them out and placing them in foster care.
Isaiah Sais and Shawna Adams both admit that they had been verbally and physically abused; Shawna was even sexually abused. NBC Universal conducted an investigation and fount that there were more than 127 recorded abuse cases in the state of Florida within a two-month period. There are also several children that spoke to reporters about the abuse they were exposed to. Stephanie says that her mother signed her into foster care because Stephanie and the mother’s boyfriend were always fighting. The Calizaire sisters told about two instances they were abused. Sophia Calizaire, referring to her foster mother, said, “She took a belt, she started beating me with the belt, picked up a hanger, she started beating me with the hanger, picked up a heel, and started beating me with the heel.” She also says that one foster parent made the children eat dog food. Sophia tells about one incident with that foster mother and says, “She told me to eat in front of my sister while she watched and my sister was hungry.” That same foster mother also punished her by holding her head underwater until she almost drowned. Apparently, harsh punishments are quite common. Alexandria Hill was also punished for “misbehaving”. She was found in a corner of a dark room, and was not allowed to speak to anyone. She was being punished for waking up earlier than her foster mother and getting food and water from the kitchen. Not only are the parents abusive, but the other children can be extremely abusive as well. Princess Calizaire says that she once stayed in a foster home where one of the boys used to try to rape her every night before she would go to sleep, which actually made her terrified to go to sleep at night. Mez Pierre was also abused by other kids in one of his foster homes. Mez says, “I was a little kid, they knew they could take advantage of me and I couldn’t fight back. But I did tell, I did tell
The department of children and family services in Any Town USA passed a new policy based on the social learning theory. This new policy insinuates in relation to this theory that children who are exposed to and raised with parents (or other adult guardian) who have documented legal charges including drug use or possession, abuse (neglect) charges, or domestic violence charges (and or convictions) are committing child endangerment. The new policy states that any parent or guardian with pending offenses as indicated will have their children taken from their homes to be placed in the care of state services until the accused guardian or parent can provide documented proof that they are no longer being investigated for any charges for at least six months and have completed all the required programs that they have been ordered to. These programs or classes can include substance use treatment programs, individual counseling, family therapy psychiatric therapy, and parenting classes.
Jesse Timmendequas’ convictions stemmed from a 1981 attack on a 5 year old girl, for which he served 9 months. That same year he was convicted for an attempted rape of a 7 year old girl, for which he was sentenced to ten years. After serving only six years, he was free to lure 7 year old Megan into his home where he brutally raped and strangling her with a belt as she bit and fought for life. He knocked her to the floor, hitting her several times in the head. He wrapped her head in plastic shopping bags to prevent her blood from staining the rugs. He then took a toy box and stuffed her inside. Megan’s body was found in a weeded area of a nearby park near a portable toilet.
Every child has the right to live in safe healthy environment without abuse or anything to ruin their childhood. But there are some hard problems that he might face in his life that could destroy his childhood that’s why every parent and child is well educated and aware of the problem to avoid and if it happened how to pass through it. The article tackles the problem of harassment and child abuse. According, “what is sexual abuse?” the author explained the definition of the problem sexual abuse “Which is any sexual act with a child performed by an adult or an older child." Child sexual abuse could include a number of acts, including but not limited to:
In the twenty first century there have been many cases of kids committing murder, whether it is the relationships they hold at home or the video games they play, the environment a child is exposed to will affect their developmental process. Children are supposed to be innocent and pure without the desire to kill, yet in the last 50 years official statistics on Listverse.com suggest that over 1,100 kids have been found guilty of murder in England alone. The average age of a child that kills is just about fourteen years old. These kids are usually brought up in an environment that does not teach them right from wrong.
Maltreated children have impaired cognitive, behavioral, and social development. The severity of impairment varies on the child’s age during maltreatment, the subtype of maltreatment, and continuous maltreatment through multiple developmental stages (Cowell, Cicchetti, Rogosch, & Toth, 2015). The study done by Alink, Cicchetti, Kim, and Rogosch (2012) focused on the effects on social functioning and the hypothalamic-pituitary -adrenocortical (HPA) axis of maltreated children (Alink et al., 2012). The data was gathered from 125 maltreated children and 111 nonmaltreated children, who attended a week long summer camp for two consecutive years (Alink et al., 2012). The researchers measured social functioning through counselor and peer evaluations.
The legal system in the United States doesn’t have a lot of gray areas when it comes to murder cases, usually someone’s going to jail at the end of the day. However there are certain cases involving children where the law needs to be viewed with exceptions. Sometimes the laws need to bring new ideas and concepts into consideration that weren’t thought of when the laws were originally written. For instance in most cases when an adult kills another adult, the adult who killed the other person will be convicted and sent to prison. But in the cases of when a young child kills another person the law cannot be too quick to convict them due to many discoveries in the field of childhood development. A young child ages 2-6 is still developing biologically,