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- 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winning Articles from the Washington Post - Series by Sari Horwitz, Scott Higham and Sara Cohen documenting the deaths of children in foster care.
www.pulitzer.org/year/2002/investigative-reporting/works/index.html
- ABA: Child Law Practice - Informational Journal in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format. Contains Tips for Representing Teen Clients and Tips for Caseworkers on Testifying in Court
www.abanet.org/ftp/pub/child/may99pdf.pdf
- Almanac of Policy Issues: Child Abuse - Find articles, information and links related to child abuse in America.
www.policyalmanac.org/social_welfare/child_abuse.shtml
- AMA (Violence) Child Maltreatment - Guidelines and information for physicians in diagnosing and intervening in child maltreatment.
www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/4663.html
- American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children - Addresses all facets of the professional response to child maltreatment: prevention, assessment, intervention, and treatment.
www.apsac.org
- At Health.com - This newsletter issue provides links to child abuse information, treatment and prevention resources.
www.athealth.com/FPN_3_27.html
- California N.O.W Family Court Report 2002 - Complete report of a study on child abuse in child custody cases in the State of California.
canow.org/famlaw_report/custody_abuse.pdf
- Child Abuse - Definitions of child abuse and neglect, warning signs of an abused child or abusive parent, and a US toll-free reporting hotline.
www.angelfire.com/fl2/ChildAbuse
- Child Abuse - Online newsletter provides information on diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of child abuse.
www.athealth.com/Consumer/newsletter/FPN_4_11.html
- Child Abuse - Legal Issues - About.com guide provides resources in many legal aspects of sexual abuse cases.
law.about.com/medianews/currevents/law/msub48.htm
- Child Abuse and Fatality Resource Guide - Information represents an effort to aid professionals and interested parties in conducting investigations into the deaths and abuse of children.
www.sunlink.net/~browning/index.htm#home
- Child Abuse and Neglect Database Instrument System - CANDIS is the Child Abuse and Neglect Database Instrument System developed by the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center with funding from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. The database is a searchable system containing information on numerous standardized assessment instruments that have been used in child abuse and neglect research.
www.musc.edu/cvc/candis.zip
- Child Abuse in Children - Pediatrician's view of child abuse. Notes the signs of possible abuse.
www.keepkidshealthy.com/welcome/commonproblems/child_abuse.html
- Child Abuse in religious cults & sects. - About religious Cults & Sects regarding brainwashing, thought control & mind control techniques. Jonestown, Waco etc. Cult recruitment of youth & college students. An archive & referral service.
www.factnet.org/Children.html
- Child Abuse Prevention Network - Cornell University's child abuse network with access to nationwide news on child abuse and neglect and several active mailing lists on child abuse for professionals and researchers.
child.cornell.edu
- Child Abuse Referral and Education - A summary of concepts for the diagnosis, investigation, and reporting of suspected Child Abuse. Includes radiologic imaging and references.
rad.usuhs.mil/rad/home/peds/pedindex.html
- Child Abuse Reported to the Police - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) forma, 1997.
www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/ojjdp/187238.pdf
- Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources - Resources on child abuse, including statistics from the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia; recommended books and web sites for survivors and caregivers; discussions of the nature of child abuse statistics; and helpful tools for understanding how child abuse can lead to psychological harm.
www.jimhopper.com/abstats
- Child Custody - Psychological Abuse - SB 26, State of Georgia - Bill introduced in 1999 to allow or reduced or supervisitation when psychlogical abuse of children is substantiated.
www2.state.ga.us/Legis/1999_00/leg/fulltext/lc102655.htm
- Child Maltreatment - All Forms of Child Abuse and Neglect - Child maltreatment is the term used to describe child abuse and neglect and encompasses physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect and emotional abuse. (National Association of Counsel for Children)
www.naccchildlaw.org/childrenlaw/childmaltreatment.html
- Child Maltreatment and Substance Abuse - Discussion Paper Number 2 Spring 1996 - By Adam M. Tomison
www.aifs.org.au/nch/discussion2.html
- Child Neglect: A Guide For Intervention - National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.calib.com/nccanch/pubs/usermanuals/neglect/index.cfm
- Child Protection in the Philippines - A consortium of Philippines-based organizations advocating against child abuse by exchanging data on the status of children as well as good practices in the promotion of children's rights.
www.childprotection.org.ph
- Child Victims and the Criminal Justice System - Comprehensive Canadian site detailing best practices for dealing with child victims, including management of testimony and sentencing recommendations for perpetrators.
canada.justice.gc.ca/en/cons/child/toc.html
- Children Are Worth Saving - Community out-reach program shares information that is educational and eye opening.
www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/7836
- Children as Witnesses - Bibliography - National Children's Advocacy Center
www.ncac-hsv.org/bib/bib02.html
- Children's Medical Assessment Center - Interpersonal Violence Resource Center - Providing immediate, compassionate,objective child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault evaluations. Training for forensic nurse examiners. Charleston, SC
cmac-ipv.com
- Choosing and Using Child Victimization Questionnaires" (NCJ 186027) - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Report in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/violvict.html#186027
- Circle Of Angels - Dedicated to honoring and supporting children and senior citizens by providing information and supporting individuals and groups working to stop all forms of abuse, exploitation, and abduction.
www.angelfire.com/tx3/circleofangels/index.html
- CNN - Abused Children Fall Through Bureaucratic Cracks - In 40 percent of child abuse cases nationwide, the threat was already known to the child welfare system, but it failed to protect the victims.
www.cnn.com/US/9808/05/child.abuse.part.02
- Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse (RE9204) - American Academy of Pediatrics, Volume 87, Number 2 p 262-264, Policy Statement regarding the use of imaging examinations in cases of child abuse and neglect.
www.aap.org/policy/03775.html
- Domestic Violence - Case planning issues where domestic violence occurs in the context of child protection is a report written by Dr. Cathy Humphreys at the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.
www.coventry.gov.uk/social/child/dome/caseplan/index.html
- ECPAT International - A global network of organisations and individuals working together for the elimination of child prostitution, child pornography and the trafficking of children for sexual purposes.
www.ecpat.net
- From Darkness To Light - A primary prevention program aimed at reducing the incidence of child sexual abuse by increasing public awarenss of the prevalence and consequences of the problem. Based in Charleston, SC.
www.darkness2light.org
- Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse - This guide arms law enforcement professionals with the information needed to ensure consistency in their investigation of child abuse.
www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles/162425.txt
- Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice and the Media - Site contains academic research and articles critiqueing Parental Alientation Sydrome, The Rind Report (on child sexual abuse), Chilhood Trauma, Trauma and Memory, etc.
www.leadershipcouncil.org
- Maltreatment and Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Program - Field-tested and research-based materials about violence in the lives of pregnant and parenting teens
outreach.missouri.edu/hdfs/mappp
- Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse - Electronic Clearinghouse providing links, facts sheets and resources related to child abuse.
www.mincava.umn.edu/ca.asp
- Munchausen By Proxy - Information on factitious disorders by Louisa J. Lasher. Its arguments include harm to children by a parent.
www.mbpexpert.com/definition.html
- NACC Site Map - National Association of Counsel for Children - Access any of the NACC web site - About the NACC, Child Advocacy Training, Children and the Law - Child Abuse and Neglect, Public Policy & Legislation, and more
www.naccchildlaw.org/sitemap.html
- National Council on Crime and Delinquency - Children's Research Center - The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, founded in 1907, is a nonprofit organization which promotes effective, humane, fair and economically sound solutions to family, community and justice problems. NCCD conducts research, promotes reform initiatives, and seeks to work with individuals, public and private organizations and the media to prevent and reduce crime and delinquency. This site contains research findings, publications and internet resources on child victimization.
www.nccd-crc.org
- National Data Archive - A U.S. child abuse and neglect data archive serving researchers performing secondary analysis with statistical software.
www.ndacan.cornell.edu
- National Exchange Club Foundation - Find definitions of child abuse including abuse by neglect, parent aide network, information on prevention, and related links.
www.preventchildabuse.com
- National Foundation for Abused and Neglected Children - A nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the administration of juvenile justice, research into the incidence, cause, and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
www.gangfreekids.org
- Past, Present and Future Roles of Child Protective Services - Adobe Acrobat Format Document (PDF). From Journal: Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect
www.futureofchildren.org/pcn/02_pcn.pdf
- People Helping Abused Children Together - Site designed to help children of abuse and change laws regarding abuse victims and perpetrators.
hometown.aol.com/number1phact/myhomepage/index.htm
- Peper Harow Foundation - Children's charity providing residential care, support and education for abused, neglested and deprived children. Includes current projects, fundraising and news.
www.peperharow.org.uk
- Professional Toolkit, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati - The Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Child Abuse Team provides tools for healthcare and law enforcement professionals.
www.cincinnatichildrens.org/programs_services/152/tools
- Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect - Published by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, this issue of The Future of Children provides abstracts to a number of articles related to the issues child abuse and neglect, child protective services, family-centered services, foster care and kinship care and child welfare reform.
www.futureofchildren.org/pubs-info2825/pubs-info.htm?doc_id=75332
- Psychological Abuse in the Classroom - From Kossor Education Newsletter - Issue #9. Discusses the issue of psychological abuse of children in the school environment.
www.voicenet.com/~sakossor/Pe3_19.html
- Publications - National Child Protection Clearinghouse (Australia) - Publications from the National Clearinghouse on Child Protection include issues papers, discussion papers and a newsletter on topics relevant to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
www.aifs.org.au/nch/pubs.html#issues
- Representing A Child in Abuse and Neglect Cases - American Bar Association Standards of Practice For Lawyers.
www.abanet.org/child/rep-duties.html
- Restavecs - Information on the slave children in Haiti called restavecs who suffer sexual, mental, and physical abuse and violence.
www.g-web.net/ImmuneNation/Restavek.html
- Safe From the Start - Reducing Children's Exposure to Violence - Report from the California Attorney General's Office on strategies and best practices to reduce exposure of children to violence in homes and communities.
www.safefromthestart.org/pdfs/promisingStrategies.pdf
- Save Our Children - Dedicated to increasing awareness about child abuse, missing and abducted children, and survivors of child abuse.
members.tripod.com/~ERammel2
- Terrell Peterson Articles - Terrell's death by starvation and beating is the basis for a lawsuit against the state of Georgia. As seen on 60 minutes and in the New York Times.
www.gahsc.org/terrell
- The Children's Quilt Project - Participate in the assembly, either by a quilt patch of your own or a donation of cloth or money. This quilt offers a voice to the many abused and neglected children that are advocated for.
www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8616/quiltproject.html
- The Effects of Domestic Violence on Children - Article describing impact of domestic violence on children and options for helping kids deal with the impact of family violence.
www.4therapy.com/consumer/conditions/item.php?uniqueid=6261&categoryid=240&
- The Victoria Climbie Inquiry - The independent, statutory inquiry set up to investigate the circumstances leading to the death of Victoria Climbie and to recommend action to prevent such a tragedy happening again.
www.victoria-climbie-inquiry.org.uk
- Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (1993) - National Academy Press - Online Book
www.nap.edu/books/0309048893/html
- You Carry the Cure In Your Own Heart - Emotional abuse of children can lead, in adulthood, to addiction, rage, a severely damaged sense of self and an inability to truly bond with others. Butif it happened to youthere is a way out.
www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/disp_9408_a.html
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