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The medical assessment of fractures in suspected child maltreatment: Infants and young children with skeletal injury

Chauvin-Kimoff, L., Allard-Dansereau, C., & Colbourne, M. (Paediatrics & Child Health, 2018)

Fractures are common injuries in childhood. While most fractures are caused by accidental trauma, inflicted trauma (maltreatment) is a serious and potentially unrecognized cause of fractures, particularly in infants and ...

A randomized controlled trial of training in Motivational Interviewing for child protection

Forrester, D., Westlake, D., Killian, M., Antonopolou, V., McCann, M., Thomas, R., ... & Hutchison, D. (Children and Youth Services Review, 2018)

There has been interest in developing more evidence-based approaches to child and family social work in the UK in recent years. This study examines the impact of a skills development package of training and supervision in ...

How CACs Help Kids-Video

National Children's Alliance (National Children's Alliance, 2018)

NCA is pleased to present a new way to explain the complexity—and the crucial importance—of the work we do in a way that is easy to understand for those new to the process. Whether new staff, potential donors and partners, ...

Bench Book for Judges & Court Personnel

Interstate Commission for Juveniles (Interstate Commission for Juveniles, 2018)

Since the last update of the ICJ Bench Book for Judges and Court Personnel in 2016, the body of law regarding the Interstate Compact for Juveniles has continued to evolve. This update reflects amendments to 18 rules and ...

Magnitude and patterns of child sexual abuse: A retrospective cross-sectional study among male pediatric patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia

Tefera, M. (Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2017)

Background: Sexual abuse of boys is a neglected problem in many developing countries, including Ethiopia. As a result, its prevalence and the circumstances under which it often occurs tend to remain unnoticed. Child ...

Non-offending fathers as caregivers in the aftermath of child sexual abuse disclosure: Applying a historical, attachment and case study lens

Crocetto, J. S. (University of Pennsylvania, 2018)

Changing gender roles and caretaking roles in the family have resulted in greater involvement of fathers in the day-to-day care of their children (Parker & Livingston, 2017). As a result, there is a need to better ...

Addressing concerns about child maltreatment in schools: A brief research report on social work involvement in reporting processes

Beddoe, L., & de Haan, I. (Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2018)

INTRODUCTION: School-based social workers (SWiS) in Aotearoa New Zealand work alongside teachers and principals to improve child wellbeing. The SWiS experience in addressing concerns about possible child abuse and neglect ...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2017

Musu-Gillette, L., Zhang, A., Wang, K., Zhang, J., Kemp, J., Diliberti, M., and Oudekerk, B.A. (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, and Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice., 2018)

This report covers topics such as victimization, teacher injury, bullying and cyberbullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at ...

Clinical characteristic and risk factors of recurrent sexual abuse and delayed reported sexual abuse in childhood

Hu, M. H., Huang, G. S., Huang, J. L., Wu, C. T., Chao, A. S., Lo, F. S., & Wu, H. P. (Medicine, 2018)

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a global problem that affects children of all ages, and the evaluation of these victims by psychologic and gynecologic experts in pediatric emergency departments is an important issue. Few data ...

Extraversion, neuroticism and secondary trauma in Internet child abuse investigators

Tehrani, N. (Occupational medicine, 2016)

Working with victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse has been shown to cause secondary traumatic stress (STS) in child protection professionals. Aims To examine the role of gender and personality on the development ...

How risky are social networking sites? A comparison of places online where youth sexual solicitation and harassment occurs

Ybarra, M. L., & Mitchell, K. J. (Pediatrics, 2008)

OBJECTIVE. Recently, public attention has focused on the possibility that social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook are being widely used to sexually solicit underage youth, consequently increasing their ...

Playing legislative catch-up in 2010 with a growing, high-tech phenomenon: Evolving statutory approaches for addressing teen sexting

Calvert, C., Murrhee, K. C., & Steve, J. M. (Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy, 2011)

This article analyzes and critiques legislation adopted by states in 2010 to address the burgeoning phenomenon of teen sexting. Sixteen different states in 2010, stretching from California to New York, considered bills ...

Familial Sex Trafficking of Minors: Trafficking Conditions, Clinical Presentation, and System Involvement

Sprang, G., & Cole, J. (Journal of Family Violence, 2018)

It is well documented in the literature that child sex trafficking can be perpetrated by family members, though limited research has focused on describing this type of sexual exploitation. This pilot study addresses this ...

The Internet’s impact on sexuality: A critical review of 15 years of research

Döring, N. M. (Computers in Human Behavior, 2009)

The body of empirical research on Internet sexuality has grown steadily since 1993. The following paper provides an overview of the current state of research in this field in its full thematic breadth, addressing six ...

Inadvertent exposure to pornography on the Internet: Implications of peer-to-peer file-sharing networks for child development and families

Greenfield, P. M. (Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2004)

This essay comprises testimony to the Congressional Committee on Government Reform. The Committee’s concern was the possibility of exposure to pornography when children and teens participate in peer-to-peer filesharing networks, ...

Psychological consequences of child trafficking: An historical cohort study of trafficked children in contact with secondary mental health services

Ottisova, L., Smith, P., Shetty, H., Stahl, D., Downs, J., & Oram, S. (PLoS One, 2018)

Child trafficking is the recruitment and movement of people aged younger than 18 for the purposes of exploitation. Research on the mental health of trafficked children is limited, and little is known about the use of mental ...

Sexting Legislation in the United States and Abroad: A Call for Uniformity

O'Connor, K., Drouin, M., Yergens, N., & Newsham, G. (International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2017)

In this study, we analyzed the sexting laws of 50 states in the United States (U.S.) and the District of Columbia, as well as five English-speaking international countries (Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, and ...

Sexting: Current Research Gaps and Legislative Issues

Ngo, F., Jaishankar, K., & Agustina, J. R. (International Journal of Cyber Criminology, 2017)

'Sexting, the portmanteau of Sex and Texting, has become a hot topic of debate between the legislators, researchers, educators, parents and teens' (Jaishankar, 2009, para 1). In spite of the considerable and growing body ...

Report on Child Abuse and Neglect and Domestic Abuse in the Military for Fiscal Year 2016

US Department of Defense (US Department of Defense, 2017)

For 36 years, the Department of Defense (DoD) Family Advocacy Program (FAP) has worked to prevent and respond to child abuse and neglect and domestic abuse in military families. This report provides the child abuse and ...

The State of America's children 2017

Children’s Defense Fund (Children’s Defense Fund, 2018)

The State of America’s Children® 2017 summarizes the status of America’s children in 11 areas: child population, child poverty, income and wealth inequality, housing and homelessness, child hunger and nutrition, child ...

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