• Understanding the service needs of assault-injured, drug-using youth presenting for care in an urban Emergency Department 

  Bohnert, Kipling M. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Ranney, Megan ; Bonar, Erin E. ; Blow, Frederic C. ; Zimmerman, Marc A., Booth, Brenda M. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. (Addictive Behaviors, 2014)

  Background: Violence is a leading cause of injury among youth 15–24 years and is frequently associated with drug use. To inform optimal violence interventions, it is critical to understand the baseline characteristics and ...
• Association of Drug and Alcohol Use With Adolescent Firearm Homicide at Individual, Family, and Neighborhood Levels 

  Hohl, Bernadette C. ; Wiley, Shari ; Wiebe, Douglas J. ; Culyba, Alison J. ; Drake, Rebecca ; Branas, Charles C. (JAMA Internal Medicine, 2017)

  Importance: Homicide is the third leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States and the leading cause of death for adolescents who are African American. Large cities have disproportionate homicide rates. ...
• Crossing the Line: Sexual harassment at school 

  Hill, Catherine and Kearl, Holly (American Association of University Women, 1996)

  Based on a nationally representative survey of 1,965 students in grades 7–12 conducted in May and June 2011, Crossing the Line: Sexual Harassment at School provides fresh evidence about students’ experiences with ...
• Violent firearm-related conflicts among high-risk youth: An event-level and daily calendar analysis 

  Carter, Patrick M. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Goldstick, Jason ; Epstein-Ngo, Quyen M. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Mercado, Melissa C. ; Williams, Amanda Garcia ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. (Preventive Medicine, 2017)

  Firearm homicide is the leading cause of violence-related youth mortality. To inform prevention efforts, we analyzed event-level data to identify unique precursors to firearm conflicts. Youth (ages:14–24) seeking Emergency ...
• Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth 

  Carter, Patrick M. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Chermack, Stephen T. ; Roche, Jessica S. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. (Academic Emergency Medicine, 2016)

  Background: Violent injury is the leading cause of death among urban youth. Emergency department (ED) visits represent an opportunity to deliver a brief intervention (BI) to reduce violence among youth seeking medical care ...
• Risk of firearm injuries among children and youth of immigrant families 

  Saunders, N. R. ; Lee, H. ; Macpherson, A. ; Guan, J. ; Guttmann, A. (CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2017)

  Background: Firearm injuries contribute to substantial morbidity and mortality. The immigrant paradox suggests that, despite being more socially disadvantaged, immigrants are less likely than nonimmigrants to have poor ...
• The epidemiology of homicide perpetration by children. 

  Hemenway, David ; Solnick, Sara J. (Injury Prevention, 2017)

  Background: The United States has by far the highest rates of homicide perpetration among high-income countries. The perpetration of homicide by children is often newsworthy, but little is known about the incidence or the ...
• A population based study of unintentional firearm fatalities 

  Cherry, D. ; Runyan, C. ; & Butts, J. (Injury Prevention, 2001)

  ObjectiveS: To describe the circumstances of fatal unintentional firearm injuries in a statewide population in a region of the United States with high firearm fatality rates and to compare to similar data from an earlier ...
• Unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths: A preventable death analysis for three safety devices 

  Vernick, J.S. ; O'Brien, M. ; Hepburn, L.M. ; Johnson, S.B. ; Webster, D.W. ; Hargarten, S.W. (Injury Prevention, 2003)

  Objective: To determine the proportion of unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths preventable by three safety devices: personalization devices, loaded chamber indicators (LCIs), and magazine safeties. A ...
• Children and unintentional firearm death 

  Hemenway, David ; Solnick, Sara J. (Injury Epidemiology, 2015)

  Background: Children in the United States are at far greater risk of unintentional gun death than children in other developed countries. The relative figures may even be worse since the estimates for US child unintentional ...
• Child Advocacy Centers in the United States and Music Therapy: Relationships in the Making 

  Blank, C. A. (Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 2018)

  In the United States, children who suffer trauma or abuse receive services through Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). Over 800 CACs provided treatment and services to nearly 325,000 children in 2016 (National Children’s ...
• Collaboration between professionals: An exploration of how crimes against children are managed: A case study at a Swedish Children's Advocacy Center 

  Miftari, T. (Mälardalen University, 2018)

  This Master’s project aims to investigate specific professionals’ experience of collaboration in a Swedish Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) in order to evaluate how cultural aspects affect the various investigative ...
• Younger and Older Adults’ Lie-Detection and Credibility Judgments of Children’s Coached Reports 

  O’Connor, A. M., Lyon, T. D., & Evans, A. D. (Psychology, Crime, & Law, 2019)

  Previous research has examined young and middle-aged adults’ perceptions of child witnesses; however, no research to date has examined how potential older adult jurors may perceive a child witness. The present investigation ...
• Particularisation of Child Abuse Offences: Common Problems when Questioning Child Witnesses 

  Powell, M., Roberts, K., & Guadagno, B. (Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 2007)

  Sexual abuse of children is a global problem that affects millions of children worldwide (World Health Organization 1999), however prosecution and conviction rates are low in developed countries (e.g., Crime and Misconduct ...
• Sexual services, drugs and human trafficking, smuggling – in GDP figures: Quality of life indicators 

  Vilks, A. (EDP Sciences, 2016)

  In recent years different kind of antisocial and criminal activities, according to the EU regulations, are being included in GDP indicators. The activities, included in GDP indicators are as follows: those of criminal nature ...
• Childhood Adversity and Adult Health: The Role of Developmental Timing and Associations With Accelerated Aging 

  Riem, M. M., & Karreman, A. (Child Maltreatment, 2018)

  Childhood adversity has been associated with poor adult health. However, it is unclear whether timing of adversity matters in this association and whether adversity is related to poorer age-related physical health status. ...
• As a Matter of Fact: The Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Academic Achievement (Arabic version) 

  National Children's Advocacy Center (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2013)
• As a Matter of Fact: The Relationship Between Child Maltreatment and Child/Adolescent Well-Being (Arabic Version). 

  National Children's Advocacy Center (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2013)
• As a Matter of Fact: Maltreated Children: The High Risk of Poly-victimization (Arabic version). 

  National Children's Advocacy Center (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2014)
• As a Matter of Fact: Children with Sexual Behavior Problems (Arabic version). 

  National Children's Advocacy Center (National Children's Advocacy Center, 2014)

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