Assignment 2

Please navigate to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Web resources on child abuse and neglect at the Child Welfare Information Gateway. Select three of the major topics on this site relating to child abuse and neglect and write a brief synopsis of each.

Sample topics include:

• Definitions of child abuse and neglect
• Identification of child abuse and neglect
• Prevalence of child abuse and neglect
• Characteristics of perpetrators
• Types of child abuse and neglect
• Risk and protective factors
• Impact of child abuse and neglect
• Child fatalities

This assignment should be double-spaced.  Be sure to include a work cited (APA format) page as well as a web link/cite to the article you have read. this assignment should be 2-5 pages long