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  • A Family Resource Guide on International Parental Kidnapping
    Author: Fox Valley Technical College for U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    Description: Feb 2002 Guide. Presents practical and detailed advice about preventing international kidnapping and increasing the chance that children who are kidnapped or wrongfully retained will be returned. It provides descriptions and realistic assessments of the civil and criminal remedies available in international parental kidnapping cases, explains applicable laws and identifies both the public and private resources that may be called upon when an international abduction occurs or is threatened, and prepares parents for the legal and emotional difficulties they may experience.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • Adult Domestic Violence in Cases of International Parental Child Abduction
    Author: Sudha Shetty & Jeffrey Edleson
    Description: "This article discusses the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and its impact on battered mothers and their children seeking safety in the United States."
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics
    Author: Heather Hammer, David Finkelhor, and Andrea J. Sedlak
    Description: This document summarizes findings from the Second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART–2). The series offers national estimates of missing children based on surveys of households, juvenile residential facilities, and law enforcement agencies. It also presents statistical profiles of these children, including their demographic characteristics and the circumstances of their disappearance.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • Children Abducted by Family Members: National Estimates and Characteristics
    Author: Heather Hammer, David Finkelhor, & Andrea J Sedlak
    Description: This bulletin presents national estimates of children abducted by family members in 1999, their demographic characteristics, and the characteristics of perpetrators and episodes. The bulletin is part of a series summarizing findings from the second National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children. Of the estimated 203,900 children who experienced a family abduction, 117,200 were classified as caretaker missing and 56,500 were reported as missing to law enforcement or other agencies. Younger children were at greatest risk of being abducted by a family member. Use of threats or physical force was uncommon. The bulletin also discusses policy implications of the findings.
    Date Added: 07/21/2006

  • Considering the Victim in the Implementation of Megan's Laws
    Author: Alexandra Walker
    Description: This Violence Against Women Online Resources commissioned document focuses on the mixture of opinions and the limited attempts at evaluating community notification as they relate to victim and community safety. It examines notification through the lens of victim safety and privacy rather than through the lens of criminal justice issues.
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    Date Added: 08/01/2001

  • Early Identification of Risk Factors for Parental Abduction
    Author: Janet R. Johnston, Ph.D., Inger Sagatun-Edwards, Ph.D., Martha-Elen Blomquist, Ph.D., Linda K. Girdner, Ph.D.
    Description: 12-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The bulletin provides information regarding the risk factors associated with parental kidnaping and strategies that can be used to intervene with families at greatest risk. They address such critical factors as the characteristics of parents who abduct their own children, the role family violence plays in increasing the likelihood of parental abduction, ways of identifying children at risk of being abducted by a parent or other family member, and steps that can be taken to protect children from family abduction.
    Date Added: 07/23/2001

  • Family Abductors: Descriptive Profiles and Preventive Interventions
    Author: Janet R. Johnston, Ph.D. and Linda K. Girdner, Ph.D.
    Description: 8-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Bulletin describes the common characteristics of abducting parents and profiles parents at risk for abducting their children. Constructive interventions are offered for each of the six profiles provided.
    Date Added: 02/09/2001

  • Issues in Resolving Cases of International Child Abduction by Parents
    Author: Chiancone, J., Girdner, L., and Hoff, P.
    Description: Dec. 2001 Bulletin. Presents key findings from a study funded by OJJDP to identify barriers encountered by those seeking to resolve cases of international child abduction by parents. Conducted by the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, the study explored experiences of left-behind parents, practices of Hague Convention Central Authorities (agencies responsible for handling international abduction cases), and promising strategies for law enforcement personnel and other professionals. The Bulletin features highlights from the study, including survey results, best practices, and recommendations. It also provides background information on international parental abductions and the legal framework that affects these cases.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • Kidnaping of Juveniles: Patterns From NIBRS
    Author: David Finkelhor, Ph.D. and Richard Ormrod, Ph.D.
    Description: 8-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Bulletin describes the offense of kidnaping of juveniles, using 1997 NIBRS data. Among other significant findings, the analysis reveals that such abductions are relatively uncommon; that there are three distinct kinds of perpetrators; and that the rate of juvenile kidnaping peaks in the afternoon.
    Date Added: 12/15/2000

  • Second Comprehensive Study of Missing Children
    Author: Louise Hanson
    Description: A 6-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The design of the National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART 2) study is described in this Bulletin, which outlines how it will provide vital data on the incidence of missing children in seven categories: runaway/thrownaway, nonfamily abduction, family abduction, custodial interference, lost and involuntarily missing, missing due to injury, missing due to false alarm situations, as well as children who have been sexually assaulted.
    Date Added: 04/25/2000

  • The Criminal Justice System's Response to Parental Abduction
    Author: Kathi L. Grasso, Andrea J. Sedlak, Janet L. Chiancone, Frances Gragg, Dana Schultz, and Joseph F. Ryan
    Description: 15-page Bulletin. Posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). As research has demonstrated, the most prevalent form of child abduction in the United States is parental kidnapping. This Bulletin draws on findings of a study conducted for OJJDP by the American Bar Association's Center on Children and the Law and Westat to examine the criminal justice system's response to parental abduction.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • The Hague Convention Project
    Author: Seattle University School of Law
    Description: he project seeks to increase the identification of violence against women in international parental child abduction cases processed in U.S. Courts. That identification will allow the American legal community to help protect battered mothers and their children as they cross international borders to safety in the United States. Specifically, this Web site provides information and resources for individuals, attorneys and non-lawyers who litigate or participate in cases involving the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction where domestic violence is an issue.
    Date Added: 02/10/2006

  • The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Factsheet
    Author: Cathy Girouard,
    Description: The Fact Sheet describes recent achievements of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), which works in partnership with OJJDP to offer prevention and intervention services to families and support law enforcement agencies at the Federal, State, and local levels in cases involving missing or exploited children. For further information about the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, you may visit the Center's Web site at http://www.missingkids.com/.
    Date Added: 07/24/2001

  • When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide
    Description: A report available from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). The Spanish-language version Cuando su Ni?o Desaparece: Una Gu?a Para la Supervivencia de la Familia is also available. The "Guide" was prepared with the assistance of parents and other family members who have experienced the trauma of a missing child. It provides firsthand insights into what parents should do and what they should expect, and offers heartfelt words of hope and encouragement at a time when they are needed most.
    Date Added: 04/07/2000

Internet Safety

General Items

  • A Coordinated Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: The Foundation for Practice
    Author: Jill Goldman, Marsha Salus, Deborah Wolcott and Kristie Kennedy
    Description: Written for new child protective services (CPS) caseworkers, professionals working with children and families, other professionals and concerned community members, this manual addresses the definition, scope, causes, and consequences of child abuse and neglect. It presents an overview of prevention efforts and the child protection process from identification and reporting through investigation and assessment to service provision and case closure.
    Date Added: 02/01/2005

  • A League Table of Child Maltreatment Deaths in Rich Nations
    Author: UNICEF
    Description: This report represents the first ever attempt to draw a comparative picture of the physical abuse of children in the 27 richest nations of the world. UNICEF research estimates that almost 3,500 children under the age of 15 die from physical abuse and neglect every year in the industrialized world.
    Date Added: 11/06/2003

  • Abuse of Children by Priests in the Boston Archdiocese: Violations of Applicable Standards of Care
    Author: Eli H. Newberger
    Description: This article outlines the history of child abuse by priests in a local diocese and outlines the consequences/outcomes from several fundamental cases. Ethical considerations and standards of care are also addressed.
    Date Added: 09/19/2006

  • Activist Dialogues: How Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Impact Women of Color and Their Communities
    Author: Family Violence Prevention Fund
    Description: This report offers an analysis and recommendations to address the impact of domestic violence and child welfare systems in communities of color. Six culture-specific organizations were partnered with to create a multi-dimensional analysis for this report. The Dialogues section offers analysis and describes some of the common findings and issues, while the Recommendations section addresses these issues. Thus, critiques and system changes go hand in hand, and are offered in the spirit of constructive engagement and strengthening communities
    Date Added: 06/16/2005

  • Advocating for Women in the Criminal Justice System in Cases of Rape, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
    Author: Women's Justice Center
    Description: The handbook consisits of various practical forms which were developed by advocates to evaluate criminal justice services for women in cases of rape, domestic violence and child abuse. It also has theoretical chapters on understanding how criminal justice systems can help and harm women.
    Date Added: 10/14/2003

  • American Bar Association Approved Standards of Practice for Lawyers Representing a Child in Abuse and Neglect Cases
    Description: This is a draft of these standards, which are presented for review by the ABA Center of Children and the Law.
    Date Added: 01/20/2000

  • An Update on the Cycle of Violence
    Author: Cathy S. Widom and Michael G. Maxfield
    Description: This document presents updated results of a longitudinal study that compared the arrest records of abused and/or neglected children with arrest records for children who were not abused or maltreated.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • Beyond Surviving: Toward a Movement of Preventing Child Sexual Abuse
    Author: Ms. Foundation
    Description: This document offers a place to begin broader discussion around child sexual abuse (CSA) and understand the complexities of the issue. The report outlines barriers to addressing child sexual abuse on a grassroots level and describes beginning ideas for moving this work forward to its next step. It is not a meeting summary, nor is it a comprehensive paper on the issues surrounding child sexual abuse. The document should be used as a springboard to launch public ownership and discussion that will move us toward long-term solutions to end child sexual abuse.
    Date Added: 02/17/2003

  • Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Children: Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood
    Author: Bruce D. Perry
    Description: This article is designed for parents, teachers and working professionals interested in learning about attachment and how it is affected by emotional absences in early development.
    Date Added: 04/06/2007

  • Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: 2003
    Author: Public Health Agency of Canada
    Description: This report presents the major findings of the second cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003). In this initiative, data are collected every five years on child maltreatment reported to, and investigated by, child welfare agencies in Canada.
    Date Added: 10/04/2005

  • Child Abuse and Accidents in Black Families: A Controlled Comparative Study
    Author: Jessica H. Daniel, Robert L. Hampton, & Eli H. Newberger, M.D.
    Description: This study identified significant socioeconomic factors that increased the stress in families. Controlled comparative samples of children were used and matched on the basis of race, SES and age.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
    Author: Family Violence Prevention Fund
    Description: Discussion of the study, "Relation Between Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse and Risk of Revictimisation in Women: A Cross-Sectional Survey", that shows women who are physically and/or sexually abused in childhood are at risk of being victims of abuse as adults.
    Date Added: 10/23/2001

  • Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Creating Community Partnerships for Safe Families - Suggested Components of an Effective Child Welfare Response to Domestic Violence
    Author: Janet Carter and Susan Schechter
    Description: November 1997. This paper is meant to serve as a working document rather than the "last word," and it will be subject to revision as child welfare and domestic violence agencies on the vanguard of creating partnerships learn more about the link between child abuse and domestic violence, and how to best protect both children and their abused mothers. While the suggested practices and policies are by no means exhaustive, it is hoped that setting them out will save agencies from having to "reinvent the wheel," and will, at the same time, motivate them to add additional "spokes."
    Date Added: 03/09/1999

  • Child Abuse and Pediatric Social Illness: An Epidemiological Analysis and Ecological Reformulation
    Author: Eli H. Newberger, Robert L. Hampton, Thomas J. Marx, & Kathleen M. White
    Description: This study discusses the findings as determined by a case-control study of children placed in the hospital for immediate medical attention and their caregivers who brought them there. The comparative samples are those who are suspected to have experienced a form of child abuse/neglect versus those children with comparable presenting symptoms but not likely to have experience child abuse/neglect.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Child Abuse Incidence and Reporting by Hospitals: Significance of Severity, Class, and Race
    Author: Robert L. Hampton and EliH. Newberger
    Description: The study summarizes the data collected from a study that measured the variation in treatment and child protection cases reported by hospital workers. Findings suggested that race, the income and living situation of the family, alleged offender responsible for the child abuse, as well as the degree and type of abuse that occurred were all factors that dictated whether or not a hospital filed a report with child protection on behalf of the child's safety.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Child Abuse Prevention: Accomplishments and Challenges
    Author: Deborah Daro and Anne Cohn Donnelly
    Description: This paper begins by briefly outlining the theoretical framework that has shaped the development of prevention programming in the area of child abuse. It then summarizes the key program models emerging it this field and the empirical base regarding the relative effectiveness of these strategies.
    Date Added: 11/10/2003

  • Child Abuse Reported to the Police
    Author: David Finkelhor and Richard Ormrod
    Description: Describes how data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System can be used to depict police experience with child abuse.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
    Author: Jim Hopper, Ph.D. at the Boston University School of Medicine
    Description: Gives historical contexts, sources of statistics, and statistical tools. Also includes official statistics on child abuse for the United States, Canada, Australia, and England. Discusses the prevalance of the sexual abuse of boys and the effects of child abuse, and gives resources for parents and caregivers.
    Date Added: 01/19/2000

  • Child Abuse: The Current Theory Base and Future Research Needs
    Author: EliH. Newberger, Carolyn Moore Newberger, & Robert L. Hampton
    Description: This study briefly summarizes the literature findings on the effects and theories behind child abuse and then addresses implications for the future.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Child Exploitation Statutes and Legislation
    Description: Posted by the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. Includes information on the Child Online Protection Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Predators Act.
    Date Added: 08/23/2001

  • Child Physical Abuse: A Problematic Rediscovery
    Author: Eli H. Newberger
    Description: This article addresses the waxing and waning attention that childhood physical abuse has received over the course of history.
    Date Added: 09/19/2006

  • Child Pornography: Findings From the National Incident-Based Reporting System
    Author: Finkelhor, D., Ormrod, R.
    Description: This document presents findings from the FBI’s National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). By collecting data on pornography/obscene material offenses from law enforcement jurisdictions, NIBRS enables researchers to draw conclusions about the number, locations, and characteristics of these crimes. NIBRS data suggest that approximately 2,900 crime incidents of pornography with juvenile involvement were known to state and local police in 2000; these offenses most often were committed by a lone adult male offender, occurred in a residence, and did not involve a computer. Currently, NIBRS data represent about 14 percent of the population. As more jurisdictions support uniform reporting of accurate data to NIBRS and as its codes become more refined, NIBRS will become even more useful in identifying and tracking trends in child pornography.
    Date Added: 01/17/2005

  • Child Welfare Outcomes 2003: Annual Report
    Author: Children's Bureau
    Description: Improved efforts are needed to ensure that child victims do not experience recurrence of abuse or neglect, according to this year´s annual report to Congress from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Children´s Bureau. While the overall performance of state child welfare services generally improved from 2000 to 2003, the 2006 report, Child Welfare Outcomes 2003: Annual Report to Congress, recognizes that particularly with regard to maltreatment of children, the reported data do not always include all instances of abuse or neglect. In measuring the recurrence of child abuse and neglect, the report notes that child victim rates varied considerably across states, ranging from 1.6 per 1,000 children in the state's population in Pennsylvania to 42.2 in Alaska, with a median of 10.6. In seven states, there were fewer than five child victims per 1,000 children (Arizona, Idaho, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington). In contrast, in six states, there were more than 20 child victims per 1,000 (Alaska, District of Columbia, Florida, Massachusetts, South Dakota, and West Virginia); in two of these six states (Alaska and Florida) there were more than 35 child victims per 1,000. The full report with state-by-state results plus nation-wide data can be downloaded from the Children's Bureau Web site above.
    Date Added: 10/24/2006

  • Childhood Victimization and Delinquency, Adult Criminality, and Violent Criminal Behavior: A Replication and Extension
    Author: Diana J. English Ph.D.; Cathy Spatz Widom Ph.D.; Carol Brandford MSW
    Description: This study confirms previous research that shows a strong relationship between all types of child abuse (physical, sexual, and emotional) and neglect and delinquency, adult criminality, and violent criminal behavior. The authors analyzed 877 substantiated cases of child maltreatment in court records from the mid-1980s and compared them with a control group of matched children.
    Date Added: 06/04/2003

  • Childhood Victimization: Early Adversity, Later Psychopathology
    Author: Cathy Spatz Widom
    Description: This article examines the long-term consequences of childhood victimization and the processes linking it to outcomes later in life. This article discusses what is known from earlier studies and also presents the findings of more recent research.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • Children and Family Violence: The Unnoticed Victims
    Author: Gabrielle M. Maxwell of New Zealand's Office of the Commissioner for Children
    Description: May 1994 report based on a New Zeland study.
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    Date Added: 05/20/1996

  • Children as Victims
    Author: John J. Wilson, Acting Administrator
    Description: May 2000. This 23-page Bulletin was derived from "Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1999 National Report." It is one of a series of Bulletins designed to give readers quick access to some of the most critical data from the wealth of data in the 222-page Report, which was compiled for OJJDP by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. This Bulletin documents the impact of crime on society's most vulnerable victims--children.
    Date Added: 11/02/2000

  • Children Exposed to Violence: Current Status, Gaps, and Research Priorities
    Author: Analytical Sciences, Inc.
    Description: This is a workshop summary of the July 24-26, 2002 conference in Washington DC. It includes conference findings that explore the definition and conceptualization of child maltreatment, differentiating exposure to violence and child abuse, measuring violence exposure, services and interventions, and legal and policy issues.
    Date Added: 10/09/2002

  • Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: The Invisilbe Victims
    Author: Joy D. Osofsky
    Description: A review of the effects of exposure to both domestic violence and community violence is the focus of this work, and the author discusses what is learned by children who witness such violence. Further directions for research are also included.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Children's Exposure to Violence: The Safe Start Initiative
    Author: Kracke, K. , U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    Description: April 2001 Factsheet. Presents an overview of the Safe Start Initiative. Researchers estimate that as many as 10 million U.S. children witness or are victims of violence in their homes or communities each year. The Safe Start Initiative, which was developed by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in partnership with the Office of Justice Programs and the Department of Health and Human Services, is designed to prevent and reduce the impact of violence on young children and their families through the development of comprehensive and collaborative service delivery systems.
    Date Added: 02/14/2002

  • Children, Young People and Domestic Violence
    Author: Lesley Laing
    Description: The author explores "the ways in which children and young people experience domestic violence," as well as the impact it has on child development and the response by professionals and the child protection system is also reviewed.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Choosing and Using Child Victimization Questionnaires
    Author: Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D., Research Assistant, and David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Director, Crimes against Children Research Center
    Description: 15-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Bulletin notes several benefits deriving from the use of standardized questionnaires. Specific guidelines are provided to help youth service professionals determine what type of victimization is to be measured, what questionnaire should be administered, whether the results need to correspond to crime and child protection categories, what period of time is being surveyed, what the children's ages are, and whether the results will be compared with national norms. Specific questionnaires are reviewed, and recommendations for further reading are offered.
    Date Added: 07/16/2001

  • Consensus and Difference Among Hospital Professionals in Evaluating Child Maltreatment
    Author: Jane C. Snyder & Eli H. Newberger
    Description: This article summarizes the findings revealed through multidisciplinary consultation assessing the severity of known child abuse cases, and reported their conclusions in survey-format. An exploratory factor analysis yielded five categories of maltreatment: physical abuse, sexual abuse, general failures in care, minor neglect/discipline, and lifestyles/values.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Corporal Punishment of Children and Adult Depression and Suicidal Ideation
    Author: Murray A. Straus
    Description: Article that discusses the physical and psychological effects of child abuse.
    Date Added: 07/16/2001

  • Crimes Against Children by Babysitters
    Author: David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Director, and Richard Ormrod, Ph.D., Research Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center
    Description: 7-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Bulletin, part of OJJDP's Crimes Against Children Series, draws on the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System to provide data on the frequency and nature of crimes against children committed by babysitters.
    Date Added: 10/23/2001

  • Custodians of Abuse
    Author: Kristen Lombardi
    Description: This article addresses the likely and realistic outcome regarding custodial care decisions during divorce battles. It would seem aparent that the parent responsible for inflicting abuse upon their child is often the one to receive unsupervised visitation rights and often even full legal custody as well.
    Date Added: 09/19/2006

  • Developing and Sustaining Child Abuse Prevention Programs
    Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway
    Description: This article provides a starting point for community members who want to establish a child abuse and neglect prevention program. The steps described here are common to most prevention initiatives.
    Date Added: 07/17/2001

  • Discipline vs. Punishment
    Author: Murray A. Straus
    Description: List of weblinks to sites that can educate about child discipline.
    Date Added: 07/16/2001

  • Do Children Sexually Abuse Other Children?
    Author: Stop It Now!
    Description: This is a piece of education material intended for all audiences that overviews childhood sexual abuse and the high incidence rates of children under the age of 18 years that are perpetrators.
    Date Added: 11/30/2005

  • Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Services
    Author: North Carolina Division of Social Services & The Family and Children's Resource Program
    Description: Statistics and links to helpful resources and information related to child welfare and domestic violence are provided in this document.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Domestic Violence and Children: A Children's Health Fund Report
    Author: The Children's Health Fund
    Description: The author discusses domestic violence as a pediatric issue and as a valuable source for intervention.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Youth Violence: Strategies for Prevention and Early Intervention
    Author: Janet Carter
    Description: Another Family Violence Prevention Fund publication that argues for a collaborative, community-based approach to combatting child abuse, domestic violence and youth violence.
    Date Added: 03/09/1999

  • Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment Cases (Executive Summary)
    Author: Susan Schechter and Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.
    Description: This is an executive summary of the document "Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policies and Practice." The aim of this document is to offer a more comprehensive set of responses to eliminate or decrease the enormous risks that individual battered mothers, caseworkers, and judges must take on behalf of children.
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    Date Added: 10/26/2005

  • Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Polisy & Practice
    Author: Louis W. McHardy, Meredith Hofford, Susan Schechter, & Jeffrey Edleson
    Description: This 133 page publication addresses a number of issues relevant to family violence within the home and the community and specifically focuses on interventions.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
    Author: Binnie LeHew, Violence Prevention Coordinator
    Description: Binnie discusses the resulting behaviors and manifestations of child exposure to domestic violence, variables/demographics that impact the response, and patterns of abuse, with a focus on Iowa laws.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Effects On Children & Teens
    Description: A discussion about the impact of domestic violence characterizes this document, and is supplemented with a review of the impact at the various stages of child development.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Environmental Correlates of Pediatric Social Illness: Preventive Implications of an Advocacy Approach
    Author: Abraham E. Morse, James N. Hyde, Eli H. Newberger, and Robert B. Reed
    Description: "A controlled prospective study of child abuse and neglect, failure to thrive, accidents and poisonings included 303 inpatients and 257 outpatients. Analysis of maternal interview and clinical data demonstrated significant differences between cases and controls in summative indices of environmental stress, including housing, employment, and access to essential services." - excerpt from abstract
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Examining Child Maltreatment and the Impact of Race in Receipt of Child Welfare Services in the United States
    Author: Dennette M. Derezotes, FVPF
    Description: This document examines the rates of child maltreatment in the United States and whether these rates differ by race, ethnicity and income level.
    Date Added: 11/10/2003

  • Exposure to Violence: Psychological and Academic Correlates in Child Witnesses
    Author: Hallam Hurt, MD; Elsa Malmud, PhD; Nancy L. Brodsky, PhD; Joan Giannetta, BA
    Description: 2001 Report. Inner-city children are frequently exposed to violence; however, there are few data regarding the psychological and academic correlates of such exposure in young children at school entry. This study aims to document exposure to violence in inner-city children aged 7 years; assess their feelings of distress; and evaluate the relationships of exposure to violence with school performance, behavior, and self-esteem.
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    Date Added: 02/08/2002

  • Facts About Child Sex Tourism
    Author: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs
    Description: This provides a brief overview of the sexual exploitation of children worldwide. This fact sheet includes a definition of child sex tourism, both the global and U.S. response, and suggestions for what governments, citizens and business can do to combat child sex tourism.
    Date Added: 10/28/2005

  • Facts About Those Who Might Commit It
    Description: A booklet that provides information about people who may commit child sexual abuse. Additional facts regarding what to look for in children who may have been abused and the need to develop a safety plan are included.
    Date Added: 04/12/2006

  • Failure to Thrive: A Controlled Study of Familial Characteristics
    Author: Milton Kotelchuck, and Eli H. Newberger
    Description: The findings from this case-controlled study reveal that current assumptions regarding inadequate mothering as the cause of failure to thrive among infants is inaccurate. The findings instead suggest that: FTT child are more sickly, mothers possess fewer familial/community support, and were less educated when compared to matched controls.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Family Violence Handbook for the Dental Community
    Author: Donna Denham and Joan Gillespie
    Description: This is a guide for all members of the dental team. It deals with how to address family violence issues in dental practice, the educational setting, the professional association, and the community at large.
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    Date Added: 09/10/2003

  • Family Violence Statistics: Including Statistics on Strangers and Acquaintances
    Author: Bureau of Justice Statistics
    Description: This study compares family and nonfamily violence statistics from victimization through the different stages of the justice system. Family violence is defined as all types of violent crime committed by an offender who is related to the victim and includes spouse abuse, parental violence against a child, and violence among other family members. Nonfamily relationships used for comparison include boyfriends and girlfriends, friends and acquaintances, and strangers. Data are drawn from victimization surveys, official police statistics, State and Federal court statistics, and surveys of inmates in State prisons and local jails.
    Date Added: 06/14/2005

  • Family Violence: Clinical Guidelines for Nurses
    Author: Canadian Nurses Association
    Description: These guidelines are designed to provide current information about family violence and to address prevailing myths; to provide clear direction to nurses in a variety of settings; and to raise the awareness and comfort level of individual nurses as we deal with this complex issue.
    Other Formats: | PDF |
    Date Added: 09/10/2003

  • Formacion de Vinculos y e Desarrollo de Apego en Ninos Maltratados: Condecuencias de la Negligencia Emocional en la Ninez
    Author: Bruce D. Perry
    Description: Spanish translation of article - "Bonding and Attachment in Maltreated Chidren: Consequences of Emotional Neglect in Childhood"
    Date Added: 04/06/2007

  • Guidelines for Responding to the Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
    Author: Minnesota Department of Human Services
    Description: The purpose of these Guidelines is to provide direction to child protection staff when responding to situations in which child maltreatment and domestic violence are both occurring.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • Handbook on Sensitive Practice for Health Professionals: Lessons from Women Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
    Author: Candice Schachter, Carol Stalker and Eli Teram
    Description: This handbook is designed to help health professionals address the health care needs of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. It provides background information about childhood sexual abuse and its effects on survivors. It also introduces the principles of sensitive practice and provides practical suggestions that health professionals can incorporate into their clinical practice.
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    Date Added: 09/22/2004

  • Helping to Prevent Child Abuse and Future Criminal Consequences: Hawaii's Healthy Start
    Description: This is an October, 1995 paper posted by the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.
    Date Added: 05/02/1996

  • Helping Traumatized Children: A Brief Overview for Caregivers
    Author: Bruce D. Perry
    Description: This article, designed largely with a child's caregiver in mind, addresses how to talk to children who have experienced trauma and what these experiences may have been like.
    Date Added: 04/06/2007

  • Homicides of Children and Youth
    Author: Finkelhor, D., and Ormrod, R. for Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
    Description: October 2001 Bulletin report. Provides a statistical portrait of juvenile homicide victimization by drawing on FBI and other data. As part of OJJDP's Crimes Against Children Series, the Bulletin offers detailed information about overall crime patterns and victim age groups. Specific types of juvenile homicide, including maltreatment homicides, abduction homicides, and school homicides, are discussed in further detail. The Bulletin also explores initiatives designed to prevent homicides of children and youth.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • Human Trafficking of Children in the United States: A Fact Sheet for Schools
    Author: U.S. Department of Education
    Description: "This fact sheet was developed for those working in school settings and provides an overview of human trafficking, how it affects schools, tips for identifying victims, and steps for reporting human trafficking."
    Date Added: 12/05/2007

  • In the Best Interest of Women and Children: A Call for Collaboration Between Child Welfare and Domestic Violence Constituencies
    Author: Susan Schechter and Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.
    Description: This is a briefing paper prepared for a Wingspread Conference of a similar title.
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    Date Added: 10/11/2005

  • Intervention Strategies with Child Maltreating Men
    Author: Barry Salovitz
    Description: This document outlines the importance of healthy parenting following child maltreatment and adds to our understanding of adult male maltreatment intervention by offering some important insights and actionable recommendations.
    Date Added: 02/07/2005

  • Keeping Children Safe: OJJDP's Child Protection Division
    Author: Thomas Cullen, a Senior Writer-Editor with the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
    Description: 8-page Bulletin posted by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Bulletin describes CPD and its efforts to safeguard children by supporting research and programs on child victimization and exposure to violence; providing information and training and technical assistance to State, local, and community-based agencies; and developing and demonstrating effective child protection initiatives. The Bulletin also discusses the rationale for OJJDP's work in the areas of missing and exploited children and child maltreatment and describes the scope of the division's activities.
    Date Added: 07/23/2001

  • Kids Count Census Data Online
    Author: Annie E. Casey Foundation
    Description: This system of KIDS COUNT compiled indicators of child well-being released by the 2000 U.S. Census has been updated as of October, 2001 with select data from the 2000 Census Short-Form (Census SF1). New data is available for: Age and Sex; Race; Hispanic Origin Status; and Living arrangements. New geographic regions include: The United States; Individual states; The nation's largest cities; Counties; Metropolitan areas; Congressional districts (for the 106th congress); and New England Towns.
    Date Added: 10/23/2001

  • Knowledge and Epidemiology of Child Abuse: A Critical Review of Concepts
    Author: Eli H. Newberger, and Jessica H. Daniel
    Description: "By identifying and clarifying concepts underlying present knowledge of child abuse, this article may provide the reader with critical tools for understanding it. We shall focus on the magnitude of the problem and probe the meaning of present data and practice...There is reason to question the nature and quality of knowledge about child abuse." - taken from article introduction
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Learning from Experiences of Battered Immigrant, Refugee and Indegenious Women with Child Protection Services to Inform a Dialogue Among Domestic Violence Activisits and Advocates
    Author: V. Pualani Enos
    Description: This document introduces voices of battered immigrant, refugee and indegenious women who were also involved in Child Protection Services. The document explores how community approach can enhance the physical, spiritual and mental health of individuals, families and communities and how this concept can be well utilized for policy and practice for social services.
    Date Added: 02/23/2004

  • Let's Talk: Adults Talking to Adults about Child Sexual Abuse
    Author: Stop It Now!
    Description: The brochure also outlines what someone can do in three very different circumstances:how to report if someone finds out that abuse has been perpetrated, how to add in protective factors if no child has been abused, but someone is at risk to abuse, and how to talk about healthy sexual development when the lines of communication need to be opened.
    Date Added: 11/30/2005

  • Model Guidelines for the Effective Prosecution of Crimes Against Children
    Author: International Association of Prosecutors
    Description: Discusses what should be observed in all areas of prosecution of crimes against children.
    Date Added: 08/24/2001

  • Mothers and Children: Understanding the Links Between Woman Battering and Child Abuse
    Author: Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.
    Description: This is a briefing paper for a strategic planning meeting on the Violence Against Women Act.
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    Date Added: 05/20/2000

  • Mothers of Sexually Abused Children: Trauma and Repair in Longitudinal Perspective
    Author: Carolyn Moore Newberger, Isabelle M. Gremy, Christine M. Waternaux, Eli H. Newberger
    Description: This study addressed the increase in maternal psychological stress that develops following the disclosure of their child's sexual abuse. A mother's stress is often correlated and associated with the child's coping skills and level of stress, thus it is extremely important to work with mother on relieving/alleviating their stress so as to in turn work the child at healing from their sexual trauma.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Multi-disciplinary Teams Including Child Protection Teams Framework for Co-Occuring Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
    Author: Ellie Breitmaier
    Description: This series was created through a collaboration of the Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, the Vermont Department for Children and Families and the Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services. Part V describes the structure and purpose of child protection teams, provides guiding questions for domestic violence advocate members of such teams and highlights recommendations.
    Date Added: 12/15/2005

  • Nurturing Parenting Programs
    Author: Stephen Bavolek, Ph.D. and Dr. Bavolek
    Description: 12-page Bulletin from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). This Bulletin describes how parenting patterns are learned and how the Nurturing Parenting Programs help to stop the generational cycle of abuse and neglect by building nurturing parenting skills.
    Date Added: 01/17/2001

  • Overlap of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment in U.S. State Civil and Criminal Statutes
    Author: Annelies Hagemeister, MA, Ph.D.
    Description: This April 2000 table lists statutes alphabetically by state.
    Other Formats: | Word |
    Date Added: 04/18/2000

  • Overview of the Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse: Update 2000
    Author: Janet McNaughton
    Description: This 10-page Bulletin is available from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It covers the recognition of injuries caused by abuse, techniques for collecting evidence and for interviewing victims and witnesses, formation of multidisciplinary investigative teams, and the use of computers in the sexual victimization of children.
    Date Added: 03/27/2000

  • Pediatric Social Illness: Toward an Etiologic Classification
    Author: Eli H. Newberger, Robert B. Reed, Jessica H. Daniel, James N. Hyde, and Milton Kotelchuck
    Description: "Child abuse is associated with more extreme stresses in all categories studied; failure to thrive with maternal historical stresses, perceived sickness of the index child, and contemporary social isolation; and accidents with contemporary household crises." excerpt from abstract
    Date Added: 09/19/2006

  • Prosecuting Child Physical Cases: Lessons Learned from the San Diego Experience
    Author: National Justice Information Center

    Date Added: 05/02/1996

  • Protecting Children from Exposure to Domestic Violence: The Use and Abuse of Child Maltreatment Statutes
    Author: Lois A. Weithorn, J.D., Ph.D.
    Description: This 145 page article is a comprehensive review and critical discussion about the laws and child protection responses that have shown to be effective.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • Protecting Children in Cyberspace: The ICAC Task Force Program
    Author: Medaris,M., and Girouard, C.
    Description: January 2002 Bulletin. Discusses efforts by OJJDP's Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Program that address emerging online threats, such as computer-facilitated sex crimes, directed at children and teenagers. The ICAC Task Force Program helps State and local law enforcement agencies develop effective responses to online enticement and child pornography offenses. Responses include investigative, forensic, community education, and victim service components. The information in this OJJDP Bulletin is intended to help parents, policymakers, and practitioners create an Internet environment in which children can participate safely.
    Date Added: 04/22/2002

  • Reducing the Literal and Human Cost of Child Abuse: Impact of a New Hospital Management System
    Author: Newberger, E.H., Hagenbuch, J.J., Ebeling, N.B., Colligan, E.P., Sheehan, J.S., & McVeigh, S.H.
    Description: This article summarizes a study that assessed the medical care costs as well as human total cost of child abuse both before and after the implementation of a new system of care. This new system involved multiple disciplines caring for each child simultaneously as well as involved frequent consultation on an interdisciplinary level.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Reorting Child Abuse and Neglect: A Resource Guide for Mandated Reporters
    Author: Minnesota Department of Human Services
    Description: This guide is designed to help mandated reporters better understand the statute and to outline appropriate action that should be taken if there is a suspicion of child abuse or neglect.
    Date Added: 09/08/2004

  • Reporting of Maltreatment of Minors: Minnesota Statute 626.556
    Description: Posted by the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Discusses public policy, definitions, persons mandated to report, report of deprivation of parental rights or kidnapping, agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of maltreatment, agency responsible for assessing or investigating reports of maltreatment, immunity from liability, retaliation prohibited, failure to report, and more.
    Date Added: 11/27/2001

  • Responding to the Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Adult Domestic Violence in Hennepin County
    Author: Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D. Sandra K. Beeman, Ph.D.M, University of Minnesota
    Description: In this report, Drs. Edleson and Beeman and their research assistants detail information collected from a variety of sources during the first half of 1999. Information collection included detailed reporting by child protection screeners and investigators in the Hennepin County Department of Children and Family Services (HCDCFS), consulting with national experts in this area, reviewing published materials on prominent demonstration projects from around the United States and Canada, and holding a series of stakeholder meetings throughout Hennepin County.
    Other Formats: | Word |
    Date Added: 10/26/2005

  • Returning Children Home: Clinical Decision Making in Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect
    Author: Mitchell H. Katz, Robert L. Hampton, Eli H. Newberger, Roy T. Bowles, & Jane C. Snyder
    Description: Interesting findings from this study conclude that race, type of injury (physical or non-physical), as well as class where all significant characteristics that determined whether or not a child was removed from the home and placed with a foster family.
    Date Added: 09/18/2006

  • Sexual Assault of Young Children as Reported to Law Enforcement: Victim, Incident, and Offender Characteristics
    Author: Howard N. Snyder, Ph.D., National Center for Juvenile Justice
    Description: Presents findings from the National Incident-Based Reporting System regarding sexual assault, especially young children.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • Should Childhood Exposure to Adult Domestic Violence Be Defined as Child Maltreatment Under the Law?
    Author: Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.
    Description: Published as a chapter in Protecting Children From Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention (2004), this article reviews the research on childhood exposure to domestic violence and emerging laws aimed at protecting these children. The author concludes with an argument against assuming that childhood exposure to violence is automatically a form of child maltreatment and suggests the need to modify child protection services and the expansion of primarily voluntary community-based responses to these children and their families.
    Other Formats: | Word |
    Date Added: 10/11/2005

  • Should the Use of Corporal Punishment by Parents Be Considered Child Abuse?
    Author: Murray A. Straus, Robert E. Larzelere, and John K. Rosemond
    Description: Discussion of the issue.
    Date Added: 07/16/2001

  • Swallowing the Hurt: Exploring the Links Between Anorexia, Bulimia and Violence Against Women and Girls
    Author: Shelley Moore, with the assistance of Kelly D'Aoust, Donna Robertson, Christina Savage and Yasmin Jiwani
    Description: This report examines the links between eating disorders and violence against women and girls. It is based on information gathered from published literature as well as consultations with community workers, health practitioners, and mental health professionals. “Swallowing the Hurt” has been designed for use by frontline workers, health care and social service professionals, educators, and researchers who offer services directly for or who may interact with women and girls experiencing eating disorders or violence.
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    Date Added: 09/09/2003

  • Teachers' Resource: Child Abuse and Domestic Violence
    Description: Guidelines, particularly for teachers, are provided to help professionals respond to children who have been exposed to domestic violence and abuse. Mini-stories are included and are followed by suggestions as to how one should respond.
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • The Child's Loss: Death, Grief and Mourning - How Caregivers Can Help Children Exposed to Traumatic Death
    Author: Bruce D. Perry and Jana Rubenstein
    Description: This article addresses the ins and outs of talking openly with children about the grief and loss they experience as a result of exposure to a traumatic death. FAQs about how and when to talk with children are addressed as is a discussion of what these experiences may mean to the children who have been exposed to violent trauma.
    Date Added: 04/06/2007

  • The Costs Of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Michigan's Experience
    Description: This report is an analysis of the economics of child abuse prevention.
    Date Added: 04/26/1996

  • The Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
    Author: Lisa Jones and David Finkelhor
    Description: This document presents evidence about the decline in reported and substantiated child sexual abuse cases since the early 1990’s. Several explanations for the decline are considered, and corresponding policy implications are discussed.
    Date Added: 05/22/2003

  • The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative
    Description: The Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative is a current project that is being undertaken in order to "provide the infrastructure and resources to enable domestic violence and mental health agencies and training programs nationwide to be able to work more effectively with individuals who are dealing with both domestic violence and mental health issues."
    Date Added: 05/09/2007

  • The evaluation of sexual abuse in children
    Author: Kellogg, N
    Description: Sexually abused children are seen by pediatricians and family care practitioners in a variety of circumstances, but the diagnosis of sexual abuse and the protection of the child from additional harm depend in part on the provider's willingness to consider abuse as a possibility. Sexually abused children who have not disclosed abuse may present with a variety of symptoms and signs. Released by the National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC), the Evaluation of Sexual Abuse in Children was developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to assist pediatric and family care providers in effectively evaluating and caring for children who are sexually abused.
    Date Added: 11/30/2005

  • The Health Impacts on Adult Women of Childhood Sexual Violence Before the Age of Twelve Years
    Author: Karen Hughes, Heather Stephens, Amy Difranco, Linda Manning, Natalie van der Torrn, Cathy North & Miriam Taylor
    Description: This is a 1998 report by seven authors of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
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    Date Added: 07/13/1999

  • The Overlap Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Abuse
    Author: Jeffrey L. Edleson, Ph.D.
    Description: Reviews over 35 studies on the overlap between child maltreatment and woman battering in the same families. This paper has now been published in Violence Against Women, 1999, 5(2), pp. 134-154 and is no longer available on this site. This link, however, goes to a brief VAWnet paper on the topic.
    Other Formats: | PDF |
    Date Added: 05/06/1997

  • The Role of Educators in Preventing and Responding to Child Abuse and Neglect
    Author: Cynthia Crosson-Tower
    Description: This manual, designed to examine the roles that teachers, school counselors, school social workers, school nurses, special education professionals, administrators, and other school personnel have in helping maltreated children, provides the basis for the involvement of educators in combating the problem of child abuse and neglect. It also may be used by other professionals involved in child abuse and neglect interventions, such as child protective services, mental health, law enforcement, health care, and early childhood professionals, to gain a better understanding of the role of educators in child protection.
    Date Added: 02/01/2005

  • Tips for Social Workers, Counselors, Health Workers, Teachers, Clergy and Others Helping Victims of Rape, Domestic Violence, and Child Abuse
    Author: Women's Justice Center
    Description: This is a good introduction to advocacy concepts used when working with victims of intimate violence, rape and child abuse. It is designed for use both as a workshop outline and as a guide for direct interactions with individual clients.
    Date Added: 10/29/2002

  • Total Estimated Cost of Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States
    Author: Suzette From
    Description: 2001 Report posted on the Prevent Child Abuse website. The data in this report attempts to document the nationwide direct and indirect costs of child abuse and neglect.
    Date Added: 06/11/2002

  • Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children
    Author: John Briere, Ph.D.
    Description: This measurement tool was published in 1996, after several years of research. It is a self-reporting tool geared toward children ages 8 to 16. There are fifty items, with several sub-scales including anxiety, depression, anger, PTSD, dissociation, and sexual concerns. The TSCC was designed to address traumatic events in general, meaning that it does not specifically address domestic violence. Nonetheless this checklist can be to gauge the impact domestic violence may have on a child. The actual questionnaire is copyrighted, but you may access it by contacting the publisher, Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. at P.O. Box 998, Odessa, FL 33556. Telephone number: (800) 331-TEST.
    Date Added: 07/12/2004

  • United Nations Report on Violence Against Children
    Description: The report describes the scope and nature of violence against children and its impact, approaching its subject from the perspectives of human rights, child protection, and public health. The report is available in 8 languages.
    Date Added: 03/26/2007

  • Using Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Advance CDC Efforts in Child Maltreatment Prevention—Research Brief 2004
    Author: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    Description: CDC has launched several prevention initiatives aimed at encouraging and promoting positive parent-child interactions. These initiatives are summarized in Using Evidence-Based Parenting Programs to Advance CDC Efforts in Child Maltreatment Prevention—Research Brief 2004. The initiatives result from extensive strategic planning and consultation with child maltreatment prevention experts and promote positive parenting skills. By acquiring such skills, parents and caregivers can better manage children’s behavior and prevent violence before it occurs.
    Date Added: 10/04/2004

  • Victim Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country
    Author: Office for Victims of Crime
    Description: This monograph describes promising practices for meeting the needs of victims of violence and domestic and family abuse in Indian Country. Each of the 12 program summaries includes a description of the program’s activities, keys to its success, basic demographic data (e.g., service area and population), and contact information.
    Date Added: 06/16/2005

  • Victimization of Mothers of Abused Children: A Controlled Study
    Author: Linda McKibben, Edward De Vos, and Eli H. Newberger, MD
    Description: This article discusses the case-controlled study of mothers who children were or were not victims of child abuse. In turn the findings suggest that children who experienced child abuse/suspicious of having been abused, the greater the likelihood that the mother has also been victimized when compare to control groups. Implications are outlined that pose concerns regarding maternal victimizations rates and the assessment of these mothers alongside the assessments of their children following abusive experiences.
    Date Added: 09/19/2006

  • Violence Issues: An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Guide for Health Professionals
    Author: Lee Ann Hoff
    Description: This guide is designed to increase the sensitivity and awareness of health professionals to family violence issues. Special attention has been given to screening and early intervention, as well as to the needs of survivors.
    Date Added: 09/10/2003

  • What Can I Do to Prevent Harm to Children? A Resource Guide for Mandated Reporters
    Author: Minnesota Department of Human Services - Children's Services
    Description: Designed to help you better understand Minnesota's mandated reporter statute and to outline appropriate action to take if you know of or suspect abuse or neglect to a child. Includes reference material.
    Date Added: 11/13/2000

  • When the Pediatrician Is a Pedophile
    Author: Carolyn Moore Newberger and Eli H. Newberger
    Description: A detailed case study of a pediatrician pedophile is walked through and the moral implications and associated factors are elaborately discussed.
    Date Added: 09/19/2006