The Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment Of Act - 1184 Words

Gimme Shelter The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act (2010) Kristan Maxwell Eastern Illinois University April 17, 2015 Movie Title: Gimme Shelter Based on a true story, the movie â€Å"Gimme Shelter† (2013) depicts a 16-year-old named Agnes â€Å"Apple† struggle after leaving her abusive home. Early on in the movie it was evident that Apple wanted better for herself and her future. In the past she had been in multiple shelters, foster homes where she was sexually abused along with many other trialing experiences, Apple was ready to risk getting placed into another shelter in order to get away from her mother’s abuse. Apple never had anyone besides her mother. Born when her mom was†¦show more content†¦This priest quickly became a blessing to her and got her in contact with a shelter that dealt strictly with pregnant teens. Soon after moving into this shelter, Apple finally got the ‘family’ she had always aspired to have. The shelter was supportive, provided their clients with their necessities, and protected their clients from their often abusive family members. Unfortunately, until the shelter saw Apple get abused firsthand one day they were legally going to have to release her to her mother seeing as she did not give her consent and was going to file kidnapping charges against the director of the facility. Because of the support of the shelter, Apple was safe from being returned to her mother and had got back in contact with her father. After having the baby, Apple and her father became very close, he was supportive of her decision to keep her child and even decided to have her and his granddaughter live with his family. The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Reauthorization Act (2010) Child protection has around since 1875 when the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was established in New York City but it was not until the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 that thee was national legislation regarding child maltreatment. This policy was changed in December