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Ceci, Stephen J.; Bruck, Maggie – Social Policy Report, 1993
This report provides an overview of the research on the testimony of young children in cases of sexual abuse, focusing on preschoolers' presumed suggestibility and the role of researchers and mental health professionals as expert witnesses in such cases. It does so in light of the McMartin preschool case, in which seven defendants were acquitted,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Court Litigation, Incidence
Cicchetti, Dante, Ed.; Toth, Sheree L., Ed. – 1993
This book is devoted to the problems of family violence, child abuse, and child maltreatment, including the legal, social, psychological, and community issues. Articles contained in this volume are as follows: (1) "Child Maltreatment Research and Social Policy: The Neglected Nexus" (D. Cicchetti and S. Toth); (2) "Defining Child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Child Rearing
Pawl, Jeree, Ed. – Zero to Three, 1991
This newsletter issue is about the growth of programs that serve infants, toddlers, and their families, and the management of that growth. The articles address early intervention programs with infants and young children with disabilities. The first article, "Implementing a Multi-site, Multidisciplinary Clinical Trial: The Infant Health and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs