Exam 6: Economics of Child Abuse

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Human trafficking is defined by the United States Department of State in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 as the, "recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery." It is modern-day slavery and does not require the transport of the person from one area to another.

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The parental structure of much of Kenya was decimated by HIV/AIDS. This lead to many children living in families where they were not related to the head of the household. The data showed that the head of the household allocated the children's time differently depending upon the relationship of the child to the head of the household.

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The Child Abuse Prevention, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-294: H.R. 1900) simultaneously reauthorized several Acts and gave direction for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to create the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) to collect and analyze data on child abuse and neglect. This System is maintained by The Children's Bureau in the Administration on Children, Youth and Families which publishes the Child Maltreatment reports based on data voluntarily reported from the United States and Territories.