| A | B |
| Physical Abuse | Most likely to be reported |
| Emotinal Abuse | Uses words as much as actions |
| Sexual Abuse | Least likely to be reported to authorities |
| Elder Abuse | Most likely to occur with a relationship with trust |
| Females | Most Likely to be sexually abused across childhood |
| Males | Most likely to be victims of child maltreatment at young age |
| CPS | Children Protective Services |
| Commission | Directly inflicting abuse upon someone |
| Omission | Withholding something important from someone (food,shelter) |
| Surviellance Bias | Suspecting someone of child abuse because they were past victims |
| Material Exploitation | Misappropriation of victims money or property |
| Battered Child Syndrome | Designates the most extreme forms of nonaccidental injuries inflicted on children by their parents |
| IPV | Intimate Partner Violence |
| Neglect | Frequent kind of abuse done by parents |
| Family Poverty | Closely connected with the odds that a child will suffer abuse or negelct |
| Cognitive Theory | Maltreatment due to thinking it's warranted or necessary |
| Behavioral/Learning Theory | Weight risks vs: Rewards |
| Psychopathological Theory | Maltreatment due to having a mental illness |
| Family Environment / System Theory | Maltreatment due to overall dysfunction of a family |