JUVENILE DELINQUENCY and CRIME PREVENTION

Submitted by:
Kathleen R. Cabagay
111-E BS Criminology

Submitted to:
Ms. Judelyn E. Allayut
Instructor 1

Introduction:
 Child abuse is the physical or psychological/emotional
mistreatment of children. In the United States, the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) define child
maltreatment as any act or series of acts of commission or
omission by a parent or other caregiver that results in
harm, potential for harm, or threat of harm to a child.
Most child abuse occurs in a child's home, with a smaller
amount occurring in the organizations, schools or
communities the child interacts with. Different
jurisdictions have developed their own definitions of what
constitutes child abuse for the purposes of removing a
child from his/her family and/or prosecuting a criminal
charge.Child abuse is "any recent act or failure to act on
the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death,
serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or
exploitation, an act or failure to act which presents an
imminent risk of serious harm".
Summary:
The executive director of Napa State Hospital, a
Northern California mental institution that treats child
sexual offenders, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of
molesting his adopted son for more than a decade.

Long Beach police detectives took Claude Edward Foulk, 62,

into custody Wednesday morning at the hospital, following a
lengthy investigation into alleged molestations in Southern
Calfornia and Northern California. L.A. County prosecutors
have charged Foulk with 35 felony counts, including 22
counts of forcible oral copulation and 11 counts of sodomy
by use of force.

Authorities said they have evidence that Foulk

molested at least five children – including some foster
children in his care. But they said the statute of
limitations in those cases has already expired, so no
charges could be brought. Long Beach police Cmdr. Jeff
Johnson said officials began building their case in
September, when one of his former foster children contacted
them with details about abuse he had allegedly suffered
decades earlier.

The man, now in his 40s, came forward after learning

that Foulk was now heading a hospital that dealt with sex
offenders, authorities said. Detectives believed that Foulk
used his position working at mental facilities in Southern
California to make connections with children. Johnson said
the victims included children who lived in Foulk's
neighborhood.

"He used his position of trust not only as a parental

figure but as a healthcare professional to obtain his
victims," Johnson said. "He was able to not only use
strategic threats of force or intimidation but use monetary
as well as other rewards to his victims and their
caretakers to prevent discovery of his crimes."

Detectives said the alleged victims came in contact

with Foulk as far back as 1975, when he lived in Long Beach
and other locations around the region. Johnson said most of
the alleged incidents occurred before 1988, which is the
cutoff date under the statute of limitations under a 2003
U.S. Supreme Court decision. The charges filed this week
involve his adopted son, now in his mid 20s, who alleges
that Foulk molested him between 1992 and 2006.

The arrested shocked some officials at Napa State

Hospital, where Foulk has been director since 2007. Hours
after his arrest, state officials announced that they had
terminated Foulk's employment. State officials declined
further comment. Neither Foulk nor his attorney could be
reached for comment.

Some employees at the hospital said they were

concerned because Foulk lived in a house on the facility
grounds, next to a daycare center. The charges don't
include any allegations of molestation at the Napa
facility, but Long Beach police said they believe there
might be more victims both in L.A. County and Northern
California.

Conclusion:

Therefore, child abuse which are physical, sexual, or

emotional maltreatment or neglect of children by parents,
guardians, or others responsible for a child's welfare.
Physical abuse is characterized by physical injury, usually
inflicted as a result of a beating or inappropriately harsh
discipline. Sexual abuse includes molestation, incest,
rape, prostitution, or use of a child for pornographic
purposes. Neglect can be physical in nature (abandonment,
failure to seek needed health care), educational (failure
to see that a child is attending school), or emotional
(abuse of a spouse or another child in the child's
presence, allowing a child to witness adult substance
abuse). Inappropriate punishment, verbal abuse, and
scapegoating are also forms of emotional or psychological
child abuse. Some authorities consider parental actions
abusive if they have negative future consequences.

Recommendation:

For the parents, guardians or others having

responsibilities for their child, protect your child and
give them all the love that they need, don’t be too strict
to them because it can cause depression. Some children are
very sensitive, if they were scolded by their parents. Try
to explain to them that you only just doing that just for
their own sake. Shoe them your concerns.