Child's Behavior :

• Wary of Physical Contact with Adults
• Wears Long Sleeves or other concealing clothing (usually to hide injuries)
• Child's story of how injury occurred is not believable
• Shows little of no distress in being separated from parents
• Apt to seek affection from any adult
• Constantly on alert for danger, chronically suspicious

Physical Signs :

• Unusual bruises on places not common with childhood injuries
• Bite Marks
• Unexplained burns
• Unexplained fractures

Offender's Behavior :

• History of abuse as a child
• Unrealistic expectations of child
• Uses harsh discipline that isn't age, condition or offense appropriate
• Seems unconcerned about child
• Emphasizes bad qualities instead of good qualities of child
• Misuses drugs or alcohol
• Seldom looking at or touching child
• Showing no concern about the injury, treatment or prognosis