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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
National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence. Juvenile Justice Bulletin
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Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Ormrod, Richard; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2009
This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence to date, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Violence, Incidence, Prevention
Freedom through Self-Sufficiency: A Qualitative Examination of the Impact of Domestic Violence on the Working Lives of Women in Shelter
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Wettersten, Kara Brita; Rudolph, Susan E.; Faul, Kiri; Gallagher, Kathleen; Trangsrud, Heather B.; Adams, Karissa; Graham, Sherna; Terrance, Cheryl – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2004
Using consensual qualitative research (C. Hill, B. Thompson, & E. Williams, 1997), the purpose of this study was to explore the impact of domestic violence on the working lives of women currently in shelter. Several emergent categories suggested that domestic violence has a profound effect on women's working lives, including their ability to…
Descriptors: Females, Emergency Shelters, Employment Patterns, Family Violence
What Have We Learned about Treating Child Physical Abuse? A Literature Review of the Last Decade.
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Oates, R. Kim; Bross, Donald C. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1995
A literature review on treatment of physically abused children and physically abusive parents is presented. A variety of treatments is documented, with the most popular for children being therapeutic daycare emphasizing improving developmental skills. Although most programs demonstrated some improvement with treatment, many included no or very…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Counseling Effectiveness, Family Violence, Intervention
The Untreatable Family.
Jones, David P. H. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
A proportion of abusive families are resistive to treatment and reabuse their children (various studies cite rates of 16 to 60 per cent). Factors associated with poor treatment outcome include persistent denial of abuse, lack of empathy, use of severe types of abuse, and previous violent acts. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Empathy, Family Counseling, Family Environment
Doing Literacy, Doing Literacy Research: Researching Practice in Adult Literacy Settings.
Shore, Sue, Ed.; Trenerry, Ruth, Ed.; Coombe, Melanie, Ed. – 2001
This publication presents reports on four small-scale research projects conducted by educators that helped them explore ways of "doing literacy" and "doing literacy research." Focus of the projects was to learn more about how to do research by completing a work-based project related to literacy. "Teaching and Researching…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Battered Women, Community Education, Community Services