The malaise you feel is not just the post-holiday blues. Abuse and neglect, whether experienced by individuals or societies, ...

Prosecutors say five young children lived in hazardous conditions inside an Oconomowoc basement home. Karianne Lindsey and Christian Diaz now face five counts each of child neglect. A judge ordered no ...

Debates about which types of authority figures should be mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect ended in one proposal ...

A 5-year-old boy in Louisiana died weighing just 19 pounds, a weight more typical of an infant than a kindergartner, after what investigators describe as prolonged and extreme neglect. Authorities say ...

The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act (“CANRA”), Penal Code Sections 11164 et seq., designates certain positions at Santa Clara University to be Mandated Reporters of known or suspected ...

OUTAGAMIE COUNTY, Wis. (WLUK) -- Authorities are calling it one of the worst cases of child abuse they've ever seen. A 14-year-old girl was found in her home, weighing only 35 pounds. Preliminary ...

JENNINGS COUNTY — Two North Vernon parents have been arrested on felony neglect charges involving their 8-month-old child. Detectives with the Jennings County Sheriff Office were notified by the ...

FARGO — Two people charged last summer after an incident the year prior, in which emergency responders and police reported that their home's conditions were "not livable" for children, each pleaded ...

Editor's note: If you have experienced sexual assault, RAINN offers support through the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 and at online.rainn.org. An Oklahoma grandmother is the latest ...

The mother of a woman who was charged in connection with the abuse of her 6-year-old son with autism in North Miami Beach said that her daughter is a victim of domestic violence. Cynthia Hernandez, 32 ...

"Hansel and Gretel" by the brothers Grimm features an example of child neglect and child abuse Source: Wikimediacommons.org/Public Domain “…There was once more ...

MARGATE, Fla. (WFLA) — The mother of a 10-year-old Florida girl who has been missing for months was arrested on Tuesday. Passha Davis, 34, remained in the Broward County Jail on Wednesday after being ...