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Exploring the complex dynamics between adoption, child abuse, and family violence, and the implications for adoptive families and social services

Suppose, hypothetically, you could gather in one room 333 former foster children. Now, suppose you asked how many of them had been abused while...

Foster care abuse statistics shine a light on the importance of proper foster parent training to provide a brighter future for every child.

Objectif: Comment prodiguer de bons soins aux enfants qui sont placés à l’extérieur de leur foyer est un sujet de grande discussion au Royaume-Uni. Le…

Objectives. To estimate the cumulative prevalence of confirmed child maltreatment and foster care placement for US children and changes in prevalence between 2011 and 2016. Methods. We used synthetic cohort life tables and data from the Adoption and ...

The boy's family weeps as Jamie Varley, 36, appears in court charged with sexually assault and murder.

Rose Hill police release cause of child’s death and arrest her adoptive parents.

One child said she was spanked with a device called a “whacker” to the point of bleeding.

A woman who once worked for the Florida Department of Children and Families and was guardian ad-litem is accused of murdering her adopted daughter in ‘one of the worst crime scenes’ the Highlands County Sheriff has ever seen.

Video provided by the sheriff's office appeared to show multiple times Bryan was abused, including being thrown into a pool with his hands tied behind his back.

The adoptive mother linked to the disappearance of two Fayetteville siblings is scheduled to appear in court Thursday. This comes one day after she was arres...

Patricia Saintizaire will remain in the Polk County Jail as she faces murder charges for the death of her adopted son, 4-year-old Bryan Boyer.FOX 13 Tampa Ba...

A 5-year-old boy died after being left in a hot car in Omaha, Nebraska, for about seven hours, authorities said.

A 4-year-old boy is dead, and his mother is in jail on murder charges, accused of beating him to death.

After the Sandusky child abuse scandal rocked Pennsylvania, the state required more professionals to report suspected child abuse. That led to a strained child welfare system and more unsubstantiated reports against low-income families.

Jan Gholami must serve at least 23-and-a-half years for murdering his two-year-old adopted daughter.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (TCD) -- The Riverside County District Attorney's Office unsealed a 15-count indictment last week, charging a couple again on suspicion of murder and endangerment against multiple disabled dependents in their care.

They are being held without bail.

The adoptive parents of a missing Waimanalo girl were indicted on murder charges Wednesday, Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Steven Alm said. Lehua Kalua, 44, and Isaac “Sonny” Kalua, 52, were both charged with second-degree murder, hindering prosecution, endangering the welfare of a minor and persistent nonsupport in connection with the death of their adoptive daughter, 6-year-old […]

Jan. 6—A Circuit Court judge denied setting bail Friday for a Waimanalo man accused of murdering his adopted 6-year-old daughter in the summer of 2021. A Circuit Court judge denied setting bail Friday for a Waimanalo man accused of murdering his adopted 6-year-old daughter in the summer of 2021. Isaac "Sonny " Kalua III and his wife, Lehua, have been held without bail at Oahu Community ...

The Waimanalo couple accused of murdering their 6-year-old adopted daughter in 2021 apparently have retained their parental rights over three of the victim’s young sisters.

(Bethel, AK) – On Tuesday, 36-year-old Stephanie Olrun entered a guilty plea to the charge of Murder in the Second Degree for the March 12, 2021, murder of her 2-year-old adopted daughter, Jane Olrun. Bethel Superior Court Judge Nathaniel Peters accepted Olrun’s plea to one count of Murder in the Second Degree. The charges of […]

Latrisha Greene was sentenced to up to 28 years in prison for lying while under oath about knowing that her husband was brutally beating their children.

A viral video from an adoption centre in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district shows the Programme Manager of the centre brutally assaulting two little girls, flinging them to the floor and then onto a bed.

A Holly Hill man accused of sexually abusing two foster children in his care will remain in jail without bond.

"He had requested siblings and females or younger children."

9 Investigates continues to push for answers after a Sanford foster father was arrested and accused of creating pornography featuring the children in his care.