Physical abuse involves physical aggression directed at a child by an adult.

The abuse, they said, involved some 30 boys and young men and extended over at least three decades.

There is no evidence that any alleged abuse of the system involved judges.

The state's statute of limitations allows exceptions, she said, but only if the abuse involves certain sexual acts.

When the abuse involves workplace violence, the company may face legal liability.

The report itself explicitly describes the extent to which each abuse involved interrogations.

Oftentimes the abuse involves financial control, so the person has no inner or outer resources to make it on their own.

Sexual abuse of children occurs in all socioeconomic groups and can involve children as young as 2 months old.

The abuse involved a 12-year-old boy and took place between 2005 and 2006.

The police said the abuse occurred in Billerica, Mass., and involved a boy who was 7 years old when it started in 1973.