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child physical abuse  

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  • Child physical abuse occurs when a child is injured due to intentional or unintentional acts by a caregiver and includes injuries from hitting, kicking, punching, biting, throwing, shaking, stabbing, choking, burning, or any other act that physically harms a child. The acts may be unintentional in that the parent may not have purposely hurt the child, but nonetheless an injury occurred. [Source: Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence; Child Physical Abuse]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/child_physical_abuse

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