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Bergman, Emily – Wisconsin Council on Children and Families, 2014
While only a minority of children who have been abused or neglected engage in delinquent behavior, they are at a significantly higher risk. When youth do become involved in both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, they present unique needs that require collaboration between the numerous systems and people involved in their lives. The…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, Youth, Delinquency
Haas, Shaun – 1986
This document is one of six discussion papers prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Crimes Against Children. The introduction explains the committee's task of conducting a thorough examination of state laws relating to crimes against children, reviewing major policy issues affecting those laws to determine whether…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Crime
Russell, Pam – 1986
This document is one of six discussion papers prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Crimes Against Children. The introduction explains the committee's task of conducting a thorough examination of state laws relating to crimes against children, reviewing major policy issues affecting those laws to determine whether…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Crime
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Springer, Kristen W.; Sheridan, Jennifer; Kuo, Daphne; Carnes, Molly – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: Child maltreatment has been linked to negative adult health outcomes; however, much past research includes only clinical samples of women, focuses exclusively on sexual abuse and/or fails to control for family background and childhood characteristics, both potential confounders. Further research is needed to obtain accurate,…
Descriptors: Physical Health, Females, Family Characteristics, Sexual Abuse
Haas, Shaun – 1988
This information memorandum of the Wisconsin Legislative Council describes 1987 Wisconsin Act 332, relating to crimes and civil offenses against children and providing penalties. An introduction describes how Act 332 will reorganize existing crimes against children into a separate chapter of the Criminal Code and will revise crimes and offenses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children
Wisconsin State Legislative Council, Madison. – 1987
This document contains information relating to the 1987 Wisconsin State Senate Bill 203 which reorganizes existing crimes against children located throughout the criminal code into a separate chapter of that code relating solely to crimes against children. Part I explains key provision of the bill, noting that the bill would restate the child…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Custody, Children
Davis, I. Lorraine; And Others – 1986
Sexual abuse of children in the United States is far more pervasive than most educators realize, with studies estimating up to 500,000 annual occurrences. This revised resource and planning guide for Wisconsin schools should help districts deal with sexual abuse on school premises and suspicion of this behavior off campus. While the guide cannot…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Information Networks
Davis, I. Lorraine, Comp. – 1984
Sexual abuse of children within the school environment is far more pervasive than educators realize, with studies estimating up to 500,000 annual occurrences. The Wisconsin Child Sexual Assault and Abuse Guidelines should help school staff develop policy, set up cooperative interventions with community resources, and become familiar with abuse…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Community Resources, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
Reporting the second in a series of regional fact-finding committee hearings held across the United States, this document includes testimony from social service organizations and state offices in Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Testimony from clients and representatives of these agencies documents efforts to ameliorate problems…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, American Indians, Battered Women