How big of a problem is child abuse in the United States? According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) four children die every day as a result of child abuse and a report of child abuse is made every 10 seconds. From the same source, approximately 70% of the children that die from abuse are under the age of four. “Child abuse occurs at every socioeconomic level, across ethnic and cultural lines, within all religions and at all levels of education.” In many respects that...

Here's a story about the three-year-old boy who was being abused by his physical therapist caregiver. This video may be disturbing to some. Read the whole story and watch the video HERE. The child suffers from severe autism and cannot communicate with his parents. The parents were upset because the boy did not seem to be showing improvement from the therapy so they installed a hidden camera. Hidden cameras are tiny pinhole cameras usually with a DVR that are placed inside common household objects such as clocks and small household...

"A Colorado police officer was arrested after his ex-fiancee sent a video to his coworkers depicting his domestic abuse. The man, Jeremy Yachik, worked as a police officer in Loveland, Colorado, and his ex-fiancee Ashley Saint-Roberts sent an email to other police officers as well as to news agencies in the area with an embedded video depicting evidence of horrid child abuse. Although the footage is grainy, Saint-Roberts accuses Yachik of being the man depicted. The rest of the story is HERE. In the video, the man repeatedly kicks a...

"A 26-year-old man from Orange County has been convicted of attempted murder, torture and child abuse after he was caught strangling, shaking and punching his 2-month-old son on a hidden "nanny cam." Robey's girlfriend Eva Ponce had set up a hidden camera in October 2011, because she suspected that Robey was cheating on her. Her camera captured something far worse: Robey tied a blanket around the neck of their 2-month-old son like a noose and swung him around. The tape also captured him punching, strangling, slapping and shaking the baby....

click image for more details This is a story about how nanny cameras can be useful in protecting you and your children. You can read the whole story HERE. “It can be a very stressful situation for parents to leave a child with someone they barely know other than some references and interviews,” says Michael Giordano, owner of Know Your Nanny. “With this guide, we arm parents with the necessary steps on how they can securely view what’s going on in the house without anyone ever knowing.” Security cameras and...

click for more info In response to the growing use of hidden cameras to catch employees who commit nursing home abuse or neglect, some states have enacted or have introduced laws specifically addressing video monitoring of nursing homes. These laws explicitly allow residents or their family members to install recording devices. Any video acquired from these devices may be used in a criminal prosecution or in a lawsuit for nursing home neglect or nursing home abuse. You can read the whole story HERE. Hidden cameras are an effective tool in...

click image for more details Here is a story about a nanny who pled guilty to child abuse after a hidden camera caught her abusing a child. You can read the whole story HERE. Parents around Staten Island were shocked several months ago when a YouTube video emerged, showing a 52-year-old nanny slapping and shaking a 5-month-old girl inside a Grasmere home. But further investigation revealed the disturbing Jan. 28 incident was just the tip of the iceberg. Other hidden cameras inside the home captured Mamura Nasirova shaking the helpless...

more info here Here is a story about a nanny that pled guilty to child abuse after she was caught on hidden camera abusing a child. You can read the whole story HERE. Child abuse is not as common as it used to be. Part of the reason for that is because of the proliferation of hidden cameras. They can be anywhere. And nannies may not be the sharpest knives in a drawer but they don't want to get caught. That is the whole idea behind any hidden camera-to catch...