A new campaign in France allows young children to flag abusive attacks by simply dropping letters in easily accessible mailboxes across the country, for experts to assess

Louisiana uses a lower standard of evidence to determine that an allegation of child abuse is valid when compared to more than a dozen other states, according to an audit released Monday by the state’s legislative auditor

A paedophile paramedic had no remorse after he was caught with almost 800 indecent images of children and convicted of child sex offences.

Two Marion women accused of child abuse inflicting serious injury will serve two-and-a-half years on probation for their crimes after being sentenced in McDowell County Superior Court.

The nine-year-old boy who was found locked inside a dog kennel last week in Davidson County told authorities that he had been living in the enclosure since April because he didn’t have a room inside the family residence, according to the search warrant

A Pembroke Pines man is facing multiple charges after police accused him of uploading more than three dozen child sexual abuse files to a Google Drive account.

Four former employees of a Mississippi daycare are facing child abuse charges after a viral video surfaced showing an adult wearing a Halloween mask and scaring the children in their care.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a $32-million settlement for the siblings and father of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos, who prosecutors say died of abuse and torture at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend despite repeated warnings to social workers.