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Myers, John E. B. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2012
Determining whether a child was sexually abused is a tremendous clinical and legal challenge. In litigation, abuse is established--proven--with evidence. Evidence includes testimony from witnesses, hearsay statements, documents, and physical evidence such as semen, genital injury, and fingerprints. There are two types of witnesses: lay witnesses…
Descriptors: Expertise, Evidence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
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Drake, Brett – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This article is a response to "Issues in Differential Response", a review of the current evidence pertaining to differential response (DR) programs in child protective services (CPS). In my view, the Hughes, Rycus, Saunders-Adams, Hughes, and Hughes article suffers from several weaknesses. First, DR programs are critiqued as if they were…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Loman, L. Anthony; Siegel, Gary L. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
The Hughes et al. paper is critiqued generally and in specific areas. The weak nature of the authors' empirical work is discussed along with their enigmatic writing and vague and incorrect use of references, and their simultaneous use of sweeping statements of opinion and narrow analytical focus. This review examines the authors' errors…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Ellett, Alberta J. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This article is an invited commentary and analysis of the authors' completed systematic evaluation of Child Protective Services (CPS) differential response (DR) models. I write this commentary based on 25 years of public child welfare experience followed by 13 years as a social work professor and researcher. In their review of DR, the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Winokur, Marc A.; Gabel, George – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
This reaction article highlights areas of agreement and disagreement with the study conducted by Hughes, Rycus, Saunders-Adams, Hughes, and Hughes on the current state of research and practice in differential response (DR). Overall, we agree with several of the arguments put forth by Hughes et al. regarding the limitations of DR research and the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Piper, Heather; Taylor, Bill; Garratt, Dean – Sport, Education and Society, 2012
This paper is informed by a UK based Economic and Social Research Council funded research project which developed and deployed a case-study approach to issues of touch between children and professionals in schools and childcare. Outcomes from these settings are referred to, but the focus here is shifted to touch in sports coaching and its…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Interpersonal Relationship
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Hughes, Ronald C.; Rycus, Judith S. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2013
In this article, the authors responded to nine commentaries by 17 contributors to their article, "Issues in Differential Response." The authors found that a majority of the respondents agreed with the major conclusions of "Issues in Differential Response." However, there were varying degrees of disagreement regarding the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Social Services, Child Welfare
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Giesbrecht, Timo; Lynn, Steven J.; Lilienfeld, Scott O.; Merckelbach, Harald – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
In a recent review (Giesbrecht, Lynn, Lilienfeld, & Merckelbach, 2008), we critically evaluated the research literature on cognitive processes in dissociation. In a comment, Bremner (2010) has voiced reservations about our contention that evidence for the causal role of trauma in dissociation is limited. In this reply, we argue that Bremner's…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Fantasy, Exhibits, Cognitive Processes
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Haney, Mike; Vieth, Victor I.; Campos, Hector M. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
The article provides a history of efforts to develop a credentialing or certification process for forensic interviewers and reviews the multitiered credentialing process offered by the National Association of Certified Child Forensic Interviewers. The authors argue the benefits of a credentialing process for forensic interviewers and respond to…
Descriptors: Interviews, Crime, Credentials, Certification
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Berkowitz, Carol D. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2010
This article presents the author's comments on the article "Family Experiences of Young Adult Sex Offender Registration" by E. B. Comartin, P. D. Kernsmith, & P. W. Miles (2010). In the article "Family Experiences of Young Adult Sex Offender Registration", Comartin, Kernsmith, and Miles (2010) put forth a telling argument about the impact of the…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention, Recidivism
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Bremner, J. Douglas – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
In their recent review "Cognitive Processes in Dissociation: An Analysis of Core Theoretical Assumptions," published in "Psychological Bulletin", Giesbrecht, Lynn, Lilienfeld, and Merckelbach (2008) have challenged the widely accepted trauma theory of dissociation, which holds that dissociative symptoms are caused by traumatic stress. In doing so,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Fantasy, Cognitive Processes, Theories
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Hall, Sioux – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this article, Sioux Hall promotes using a strengths-based approach to examine the interruption of the intergenerational cycle of child abuse and explores the strategies that women who were abused by a parent as children used to raise their children without abuse. She documents the mothers' uses of strategies such as vowing to protect and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles
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Boothby, Neil; Balster, Robert L.; Goldman, Philip; Wessells, Michael G.; Zeanah, Charles H.; Huebner, Gillian; Garbarino, James – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2012
The 2011 U.S. Government Evidence Summit on Protecting Children Outside of Family Care brought together leading researchers and technical experts to assess the available evidence to inform policies, strategies, and programs relevant to protecting children outside of family care in lower and middle income countries. While child vulnerabilities are…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Evidence, Communities of Practice, Expertise
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Tonmyr, Lil; Blackstock, Cindy – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2010
This commentary highlights indigenous public health research from a special issue of the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction dealing with child maltreatment, mental health, substance abuse and gambling. We focus on the emerging and growing research movement in Indigenous research through three important themes: 1) worldview and…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Child Abuse, Research Methodology, Public Health
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Jones, David P. H. – Infant and Child Development, 2009
This article presents a commentary on "Making the Most of Information-Gathering Interviews With Children," in which, according to Jones, Larsson and Lamb provided a helpful overview on memory retrieval and communicative ability and on ways these may be fostered in interviews with children. They explored three interview protocols that have been…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Child Health
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