• Child Abuse: Is India Well-Equipped for the Challenge? 

  Roy, S., & Madiki, I. P. (International Journal of Policy Sciences and Law, 2020)

  The issue of child sexual abuse stems from the psycho-social structure and the archaic social systems that exist in India, where the vulnerable and unaware are misguided, sometimes oppressed and their rights exploited, ...
• Pause-Reset-Nourish (PRN)* to promote wellbeing: Use as needed to care for your wellness! 

  National Child Traumatic Stress Network (National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2020)

  Provides information about the specific self-care strategy of Pause-Reset-Nourish, or PRN. This fact sheet acknowledges the levels of stress that professionals may be currently experiencing and offers a way to address ...
• What science tells us about false and repressed memories 

  Otgaar, H., Howe, M. L., & Patihis, L. (Memory, 2020)

  What does science tell us about memory phenomena such as false and repressed memories? This issue is highly pressing as incorrect knowledge about these memory phenomena might contribute to egregious effects in the courtroom ...
• Human Trafficking Prevention Strategies for Runaway and Homeless Youth Settings 

  Unknown author (Family & Youth Services Bureau, 2020)

  This Issue Brief explores strategies to integrate human trafficking (HT) prevention into Runaway and Homeless Youth (RHY) programs. These strategies emphasize the vital role that RHY programs can play in the prevention ...
• Attitudes about child maltreatment in China and the Netherlands 

  Woudstra, M. J., Emmen, R. A., Alink, L. R., Wang, L., Branger, M. C., & Mesman, J. (Child Abuse & Neglect, 2020)

  Background Definitions of child maltreatment vary between studies, and few are informed by research in non-Western countries. Objective We examined attitudes about child maltreatment in China and the Netherlands. ...
• Juvenile Violent Victimization, 1995–2018 

  Keith Hullenaar and R. Barry Ruback (The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2020)

  This bulletin uses three different data sources to examine juvenile violent victimization from 1995 to 2018. The Offce of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded this analysis to provide practitioners ...
• The Prevalence of Unfounded Suspicions of Child Sexual Abuse in Finland 

  Korkman, J., Antfolk, J., Fagerlund, M., & Santtila, P. (Nordic psychology, 2019)

  Scholars and investigators of child sexual abuse (CSA) have long pointed out that some CSA allegations may be unfounded. However, no population-based estimates of the occurrence of false allegations have previously been ...
• Trapped in a Maze: Arab Teachers in Israel Facing Child Sexual Abuse Among Their Pupils 

  Sigad, L. I., & Tener, D. (Journal of interpersonal violence, 2020)

  Cultural contexts are formative of and fundamental to how individuals understand, conceptualize, and act within a context of violence. Conceptually and methodologically, however, research from a culturally informed ...
• Understanding and supporting law enforcement professionals working with distressing material: Findings from a qualitative study 

  Denk-Florea, C. B., Gancz, B., Gomoiu, A., Ingram, M., Moreton, R., & Pollick, F. (PLOS ONE, 2020)

  This study aimed to extend previous research on the experiences and factors that impact law enforcement personnel when working with distressing materials such as child sexual abuse content. A sample of 22 law enforcement ...
• Advancing a Model of Secondary Trauma: Consequences for Victim Service Providers 

  Stewart, J., & Witte, T. H (Journal of interpersonal violence, 2018)

  A burgeoning body of scholarship is attempting to understand, normalize, and ameliorate the emotional strain of victim service provision. The literature, however, has yet to fully theorize the hazardous process of empathetic ...
• Vicarious trauma among social workers: The impact of client trauma 

  Berrios, R., & Zarate, M. (California State University, San Bernardino, 2020)

  Social workers in the field of practice work with clients who share their personal trauma history. By listening to traumatic events vicarious trauma can develop and affect social workers mental health. Vicarious trauma ...
• Reliability and Validity of the Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide (VT-ORG)" 

  Hallinan, S., Shiyko, M. P., Volpe, R., & Molnar, B. E. (American journal of community psychology, 2019)

  The Vicarious Trauma Organizational Readiness Guide (VT‐ORG) is an assessment of an organization's readiness to address vicarious trauma (VT), which is exposure to the traumatic experiences of people served. This study ...
• Secondary Traumatic Stress: Prevalence and Symptomology Amongst Detective Officers Investigating Child Protection Cases 

  MacEachern, A. D., Dennis, A. A., Jackson, S., & Jindal-Snape, D. (Journal of police and criminal psychology, 2019)

  It has been increasingly recognised that individuals exposed to the trauma of others within their professional roles can be affected by secondary traumatic stress (STS). Despite this recognition, there is a dearth of ...
• Supporting Those Who Provide Support: Work-Related Resources and Secondary Traumatic Stress Among Victim Advocates 

  Benuto, L. T., Singer, J., Gonzalez, F., Newlands, R., & Hooft, S. (Safety and health at work, 2019)

  Background/Aims Victim advocates are at risk of developing secondary traumatic stress (STS), which can result from witnessing or listening to accounts of traumatic events. This study investigated the relationship between ...
• The Ripple Effect: National and State Estimates of the U.S. Opioid Epidemic’s Impact on Children 

  Suzanne C. Brundage, Adam Fifield, Lee Partridge (United Hospital Fund, 2020)

  The information shared in this report shines a light on a population affected by opioids that is often hidden from view, allows for comparison of the “ripple effect” to other public health problems, and offers an ...
• Children with Problematic Sexual Behavior: Recommendations for the MDT and CAC Process 

  Sites, J., & Widdifield, J. (Southern Regional Children’s Advocacy Center and Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, 2020)

  Cases of children ages 12 and younger with problematic sexual behavior (PSB) can present a myriad of challenges for multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). After all, MDTs and CACs were ...
• Narrative practice may foster comfort but not enhance cognition in adult witness interviews about a mock sexual assault 

  Brubacher, S. P., Sharman, S. J., Westera, N. J., Zekiroski, H., Danby, M. C., & Powell, M. B. (The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 2020)

  The present study tested the effectiveness of narrative practice on adult witnesses’ reports about a mock sexual assault. Narrative practice is a rapport-building activity that involves recounting a neutral or pleasant ...
• Preventing and Addressing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations A Desk Guide for Organizational Leaders 

  Letourneau, E. J., Assini-Meytin, L.C., Kaufman, K. L., Mathews, B., & Palmer, D. (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2020)

  This Desk Guide seeks to shift the focus on preventing and addressing CSA away from a seemingly endless series of discrete rules towards the achievement of overarching goals. We present a core set of rational principals ...
• Understanding and supporting law enforcement professionals working with distressing material: Findings from a qualitative study 

  Denk-Florea, C. B., Gancz, B., Gomoiu, A., Ingram, M., Moreton, R., & Pollick, F. (Plos one, 2020)

  This study aimed to extend previous research on the experiences and factors that impact law enforcement personnel when working with distressing materials such as child sexual abuse content. A sample of 22 law enforcement ...
• Evaluation and Update of Trauma-Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with Sensory Approaches for the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Maltreated Children 

  Taylor, O. (Auckland University of Technology, 2020)

  The purpose of this research was to address the need for evidence-based practice in child care and protection settings by evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of two therapeutic interventions (Trauma-Focused ...

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