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Socia, Kelly M. – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Residence restrictions seek to protect community members from registered sex offenders (RSOs) reentering society following incarceration. These policies, first passed in 1995 at the state level and in 2005 at the county and local levels, have become extremely popular throughout the United States but without proof that they are effective. To date,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Crime, Counties, Public Policy
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Larkin, Heather; MacFarland, Nicole S. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
The Restorative Integral Support (RIS) model is a whole person response that assists people to overcome adversity. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study conducted by Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the association between stressors in childhood and multiple later-life health and social problems.…
Descriptors: Social Problems, Disease Control, Children, Older Adults
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Thornberry, Terence P.; Henry, Kimberly L. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2013
Identification of the causes of child maltreatment perpetration is prerequisite for developing efficacious prevention initiatives to reduce its occurrence. Earlier maltreatment victimization is often suggested as an important cause of subsequent maltreatment perpetration. This study investigates a) whether maltreatment victimization causes…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Age, Victims, Identification
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Salzinger, Suzanne; Rosario, Margaret; Feldman, Richard S.; Ng-Mak, Daisy S. – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2007
Objectives: To determine whether preadolescent physical abuse raises the risk of adolescent suicidal behavior, to examine potential mediators and moderators of the relationship between preadolescent abuse and adolescent suicidality, and to examine whether distal (preadolescent) risk factors add to proximal (adolescent) factors in predicting…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Suicide, Preadolescents, Risk
Eckenrode, John; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
A sample of 796 New York sexual abuse reports was studied to explore factors associated with substantiation of the reports following an investigation. Substantiation rates increased with the child's age, and reports were more likely to be substantiated when they involved female children or came from a mandated source. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Correlation, Credibility
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Baker, Amy J. L.; Purcell, James F. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2005
This study explored how the histories of young people entering residential treatment in New York State varied depending upon the age and gender of the residents. Specifically, we asked whether children who were admitted to residential treatment centers (RTCs) under 12 years of age had a different set of characteristics than young persons who were…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health, Clinics, Residential Programs