In most states, physicians are mandated to report child abuse. Following are four hypothetical cases involving child abuse. Determine whether you would report any of these cases as child abuse: The truant case: Bobby, age 8, skipped school several times. A neighbor told his father about it, but when his father confronted the boy, Bobby lied, saying he had gone to school every day. The father viewed these as serious offenses on Bobby's part and he punished Bobby by beating him with a leather strap hard enough to leave marks on the back of Bobby's legs