Also known as:- Alcohol Advisory Service, Anti-Social Behaviour, CCTV, Charter House, CODA, Community Support Officers(CSO), Crime and Disorder, CSO's, DAT, Drug Action Team, Drugs Advisory Service, Harassment Help, IDAS, MADCAP, Safer Neighbourhoods , Support for Adults with HIV, Support for Children with HIV, Syringes
Answer: Child abuse is the ill treatment or neglect of a child by an adult or young person resulting in the child suffering significant harm. Abuse of a child can be sexual, physical, emotional or neglect. Child abuse and neglect occurs to children of both sexes, of all ages, and in all cultures and social classes. Things can go wrong for all sorts of reasons in any kind of family at any time, which sometimes means that children suffer as a result.