Child Abuse Articles

The wife of infamous Belgian paedophile Marc Dutroux, who let two of his young victims starve to death, has won early release from prison to the outrage of their families. Michelle Martin, 52, was jailed for 30 years in 2004 for not freeing girls Dutroux ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say they're investigating a report of child abuse at an Albuquerque apartment. City police say several people called to report a man was seen holding his 2-year-old daughter in the air by her hair while simultaneously ...

A whistleblowing psychologist who revealed that an American Indian tribe was ignoring child abuse on a reservation was punished for his disclosure, the New York Times reported. Michael R. Tilus, a federal health services psychologist and ...

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A Hattiesburg man will be released from jail on time served following his guilty plea to a felony child abuse charge. The Hattiesburg American reports (http://hatne.ws/Pi7gy0) 37-year-old Darrell Costello Bolton has been held in ...

(CBS News) Research shows the adage "sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me" isn't true, especially when it comes to the lives of young children. Spanking, physical punishment may raise risk for mental health woes in ...