Office for Victims of Crime2014-12-022014-12-021999Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Child Victims and Witnesses, OVC, June 1999, NCJ 176983.http://www.ovc.gov/publications/factshts/pdftxt/monograph.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1916This monograph describes the best practices and programs that focus on the most effective response to child victims and child witnesses by all those who work in our criminal justice system, beginning at the crime scene and continuing through the prosecution. We hope that the information, skills, programs, and practices described in this document will serve as a blueprint for policymakers, criminal justice professionals, and all those who recognize the importance of effective intervention in the lives of victimized children as a way to prevent future crime and violence.en-USviolenceintergenerational abuseinterventionchild witnesschild victimresponserecommendationsArticle