Florida child maltreatment/abuse

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According to the article A descriptive law and policy analysis of corporal punishment in Florida public school districts, Florida defines corporal punishment as the tolerable use of physical force by school faculty to preserve discipline in school grounds, while other states like Texas define it as intentionally inflicting physical pain on a child to direct them (Goodson, 2012).Florida defines child maltreatment/abuse as a deliberate act that leads to the physical/mental injury of a child; In Florida, child abuse is a third degree felony. A third-degree felony in Florida can land you a maximum sentence up to 5 years in prison, as well as 5 years of probation. Apart from child abuse, child neglect is also considered a third-degree felony in Florida. Parents or guardians have the privilege of disciplining a child under their authority, but if a child has injuries more drastic than a insignificant bruise, this parental privilege isn’t applicable. Child neglect that results in serious bodily harm (e.g., disfigurements in the body, exploitation, and a deterioration in physical/mental health) in Florida can land you a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and 15 years of probation. One child abuse law in Florida that surprised me was that you don’t necessarily have to have direct contact with a child or actually cause physical injury to be convicted of child abuse. In other words, committing a violent act in the presence of a child is considered child abuse because an individual is deliberately inflicting mental injury onto a child by making them witness a traumatic event. Another child abuse law in Florida that took me off guard but made sense would be that you cannot persuade a child to engage in a neighborhood fight. Moreover, during the 1987 Regular Session, the Florida Legislature passed Committee Substitute for House Bill 155, modifying Florida’s child abuse and neglect laws to incorporate children born drug dependent; this law was integrated after a hundred babies were born dependent on cocaine in 1986, many policies were changed immediately after witnessing this form of abuse (Spitzer, 1987).

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