revealed the police that their mother used to lock them up in the trunk of her car when she went to work (Gerdes, 2011, p1). This story described as “almost unbelievable” by a Sergeant at San Jose Police Department is an American reality. In fact, these two kids are only an example of the 899, 000 children that are victims of abuse in the United States (Child abuse statistics, 2008, p1). This number is just estimation. The real number of maltreated children in the United States might be even higher due…
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