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Children's Exposure to Violence, Crime, and Abuse: An Update. National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. NCJ 248547
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Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
This bulletin discusses the second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV II), which was conducted in 2011 as a followup to the original NatSCEV I survey. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored both surveys. The Crimes against Children Research Center of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, Crime, Child Abuse
Child and Youth Victimization Known to Police, School, and Medical Authorities. National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence. Juvenile Justice Bulletin
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Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard; Turner, Heather; Hamby, Sherry – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2012
Considerable efforts have been made during the last generation to encourage children and their families to report victimization to authorities. Nonetheless, concern persists that most childhood victimization remains hidden. The 2008 inventory of childhood victimization--the National Study of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV)--allowed an…
Descriptors: Children, Victims of Crime, Violence, National Surveys
Flexible Reporting Options for Skilled Child Abuse Professionals.
Finkelhor, David; Zellman, Gail L. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1991
Proposed is a system of flexible options for the mandated reporting of child abuse and neglect, to improve compliance with and reduce burdens on the child protective system. Potential benefits and drawbacks of the plan, which would identify and train "registered reporters" and offer the option of explicit deferred investigation, are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Compliance (Legal)
Identification of Child Maltreatment with the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales: Development and Psychometric Data for a National Sample of American Parents.
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Straus, Murray A.; Hamby, Sherry L.; Finkelhor, David; Moore, David W.; Runyan, Desmond – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
A study of 1,000 children examined the effectiveness of the Parent-Child Conflict Tactics Scales (CTSPC) in measuring parental psychological and physical maltreatment of children, as well as nonviolent modes of discipline. The CTSPC was found to be better suited to measuring child maltreatment than the original Conflict Tactics Scales. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Discipline, Evaluation Methods
Child Abuse as an International Issue.
Finkelhor, David; Korbin, Jill – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
Conceptual dimensions of child abuse are discussed from an international perspective, including intentionality, societal versus individual causation, and personhood of the child. The article enumerates specific types of child abuse and neglect, suggests categories of children at risk for maltreatment, and proposes an international strategy for…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Childrens Rights
Victimization of Children.
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Finkelhor, David; Dziuba-Leatherman, Jennifer – American Psychologist, 1994
Outlines a general theory of childhood victimology, with a typology that characterizes abuse as extraordinary, acute, or pandemic. Efforts to prevent childhood victimization must recognize its differential character and the importance of the child's stage of development in recognizing and dealing with victimization. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect