| Overview of the Portable
Guides to Investigating Child Abuse: Update 2000
Janet McNaughton
Introduction
A Multidisciplinary Resource
Synopses of the Portable
Guides
Resources for Information,
Training, and Technical Assistance
Related Publications
From Office of Justice Programs Agencies
Internet Crimes Against
Children Program
How To Obtain Copies
of the Guides
| Janet McNaughton, Editorial Supervisor for the
Juvenile Justice Resource Center (JJRC) and Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse
(JJC), has served as the lead editor for the Portable Guides to
Investigating Child Abuse series. Several of the individual guides
were edited by Monique Smith, former Senior Writer/Editor with JJRC
and JJC. Sue Callaway, former Senior Juvenile Justice Analyst with
JJRC, oversaw the development of the series. |
| Additional titles in the Portable Guides to Investigating
Child Abuse series may be developed in the future. If there are
topics you would like to see addressed in future guides, please
submit your ideas to Ron Laney, Director, Missing and Exploited
Children’s Program, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
810 Seventh Street NW., Washington, DC 20531, 202–616–7323, 202–353–9093
(fax). |
| Points of view or opinions expressed in this
document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent
the official position or policies of OJJDP or the U.S. Department
of Justice.
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes
the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Bureau of Justice Statistics,
the National Institute of Justice, and the Office for Victims
of Crime.
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| From the Administrator
To grow into healthy, productive citizens, children need safe and nurturing families and communities. When children are abused, neglected, or otherwise maltreated, law enforcement, court, and child protective services professionals must intercede rapidly and effectively on their behalf.
The investigation of crimes against children presents many challenges. Children may be unable or afraid to talk. Witnesses may not cooperate. Collecting physical evidence can be a complicated process. To assist those who work on child victimization issues, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention developed this Portable Guide series. Subjects covered include the recognition of injuries caused by abuse, techniques for collecting evidence and for interviewing victims and witnesses, formation of multi-disciplinary investigative teams, and the use of computers in the sexual victimization of children.
These concise reference guides can readily be kept in patrol car glove compartments and other easily accessible locations. I hope that they will aid your efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect and bring those who prey upon them to justice.
Shay Bilchik
Administrator
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