Child Abuse Prevention - Responses to Child Abuse

Publications

Child Victims, New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century

Office for Victims of Crime, 1998

Child Victimization, National Victim Assistance Academy 2008

Office for Victims of Crime, 2007

Choosing and Using Child Victimization Questionnaires

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Coordinating Criminal and Juvenile Court Proceedings in Child Maltreatment Cases

National Institute of Justice, 1996

Court Appointed Special Advocates: A Voice for Abused and Neglected Children in Court

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1997

Evaluating Children's Advocacy Centers' Response to Child Sexual Abuse
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2008

Funding Court Appointed Special Advocate Programs

Office for Victims of Crime, 2002

Helping to Prevent Child Abuse—and Future Criminal Consequences: Hawaii Healthy Start

National Institute of Justice, 1995

Initiatives To Combat Child Abuse

Office for Victims of Crime, 1998

New Directions From the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century - Child Victims

Office for Victims of Crime, 1998

Preventing Delinquency Through Improved Child Protection Services

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001

Prosecuting Child Physical Abuse Cases: Lessons Learned From the San Diego Experience

National Institute of Justice, 1995

Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999

A Resource for Evaluating Child Advocacy Centers

National Institute of Justice, 2004

Resource Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Child Abuse & Neglect Cases

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1995

VOCA: Helping Victims of Child Abuse

Office on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1995

For additional resources on this topic, see the Juvenile Victims and Child Abuse/Exploitation sections of our site, and conduct a search of the NCJRS Abstracts Database.

Related Resources

Administration for Children and Families - Children's Bureau
As the oldest Federal agency for children, the Children's Bureau within the Administration for Children and Families has primary responsibility for administering Federal child welfare programs. The Children's Bureau seeks to provide for the safety, permanency, and well-being of children through leadership, support for necessary services, and productive partnerships with States, Tribes, and communities.

Centers for Disease Control: Child Maltreatment Prevention

The CDC is moving the injury and violence-prevention field toward primary prevention and early intervention by exploring ways to prevent child maltreatment before it occurs. To do this, the CDC is focusing efforts on research, capacity building, communication, and forming partnerships.

Federal Interagency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect
The Federal Interagency Work Group on Child Abuse and Neglect provides a forum for collaboration among Federal agencies with an interest in preventing child maltreatment.

Medline Plus: Child Abuse

MedlinePlus brings together authoritative information from National Library of Medicine (NLM), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and health-related organizations. Preformulated MEDLINE searches are included in MedlinePlus and give easy access to medical journal articles. MedlinePlus also has extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news.

National Institute of Justice (NIJ): Child Abuse and Maltreatment
This compilation of child abuse and maltreatment resources from NIJ includes ongoing research and future directions, publications, funding opportunities, events, and more.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)

OJJDP provides national leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to juvenile delinquency and victimization. OJJDP supports states and communities in their efforts to develop and implement effective and coordinated prevention and intervention programs and to improve the juvenile justice system so that it protects public safety, holds offenders accountable, and provides treatment and rehabilitative services tailored to the needs of juveniles and their families.