• The Harmful Effect of Child Maltreatment on Economic Outcomes in Adulthood 

  Henry, K. L., Fulco, C. J., & Merrick, M. T. (American Journal of Public Health, 2018)

  Objectives. To examine the effect of maltreatment during childhood on subsequent financial strain during adulthood and the extent to which this effect is mediated by adolescent depressive symptoms, adolescent substance ...
• Childhood Maltreatment Predicts Poor Economic and Educational Outcomes in the Transition to Adulthood 

  Jaffee, S. R., Ambler, A., Merrick, M., Goldman-Mellor, S., Odgers, C. L., Fisher, H. L., ... & Arseneault, L. (American journal of public health, 2018)

  Objectives. To test whether childhood maltreatment was a predictor of (1) having low educational qualifications and (2) not being in education, employment, or training among young adults in the United Kingdom today. Methods. ...
• Specialized Responses for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System 

  Development Services Group, Inc. (Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2018)

  This review includes literature relative to specialized court processing responses and targeted programs or services developed in response to the identified need to provide specialized and tailored approaches to girls ...
• Immediate interviewing increases children's suggestibility in the short term, but not in the long term 

  Otgaar, H., Chan, J. C., Calado, B., & La Rooy, D. (Legal and Criminological Psychology, 2018)

  Purpose. Children sometimes receive misinformation after being formally interviewed about their experiences in cases of suspected abuse. Following decades of research, many guidelines have been produced for interviewers ...
• A Qualitative Analysis Exploring the Development of Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Adolescent Males with Developmental Disabilities. 

  Watters, M. J. (Utah State University, 2018)

  Adolescents with developmental disabilities (DD) experience regular physical and sexual development. Some adolescents with developmental disabilities engage in problematic sexual behaviors (PSB). In order to be able to ...

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