Rates of child maltreatment substantiation by state.
Based on figures released for 2012.
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Paying Amy: Doyle Paroline owned two pornographic pictures of an 8-year-old girl. How much should he have to pay?
By Emily Bazelon, Slate, Countless numbers of people have seen the pictures of 8-year-old “Amy,” as she is called in court documents, being sexually abused by her uncle. She has claimed lifetime damages—in lost income, counseling...
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Updated review of research on PAS/PA released by VAWNET
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Institute of Medicine report finds that child abuse can alter the brain and the harm can last for life.
See New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research
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How Googling Unmasks Child Abuse
by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, The New York Times The contrast between the search data and the reported data tells a sad story about social services in this country. Just when more children are searching for help, we...
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Teenager’s 1988 Sexual-Abuse Conviction Was Justified, Report Says
By Peter Applebome, The New York Times Jesse Friedman, the Great Neck, NY teenager whose role in a sexual abuse case a quarter-century ago was portrayed in the Oscar-nominated documentary “Capturing the Friedmans” and came to...
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Report: “Jesse Friedman Was Not Wrongfully Convicted.”
In a 155-page report released by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice, the Review Team tasked with conducting the conviction integrity investigation wrote that "…by any impartial analysis, the re-investigation process…has only increased confidence in...
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The Leadership Council will be presenting early data from our groundbreaking research on turned around custody cases at the Battered Women’s Custody Conference in Washington, DC (May 10-11)
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Home is Where the Harm is Op-ed by Joan Meier
The New York Times Excerpt: "Proponents of the [Hague] convention, which the United States signed in 1981, characterize it as a means of reunifying families. And it can be. However, in practice, it often has a...
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Protecting Children After Newtown.
"Time's Up" blog Excerpt: "EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES, WE SUFFER THE EQUIVALENT OF FOUR TO FIVE NEWTOWNS IN THE LOSS OF PRECIOUS CHILDREN AT THE HANDS OF ABUSIVE FATHERS INVOLVED IN CONTESTED CHILD...
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