Child abuse & neglect

Justice Center

Reports

Preliminary Results From the Long-Term Inmate Survey: Focus on Child Abuse Histories by Robert H. Langworthy, Allan R. Barnes, and Richard W. Curtis (1998).

Results From the Long-Term Inmate Survey: Focus on Child Abuse Histories by Robert H. Langworthy, Allan R. Barnes, and Richard W. Curtis (1998).

Articles

Projects

• Review and Analysis of Incarcerated Offenders [project] (JC 9809). Robert H. Langworthy. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1997-1998.

Alaska

State agencies

• Office of Children's Services (OCA). Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.
• Office of Public Advocacy (OPA). Alaska Department of Administration. Amongst other duties, OPA provides guardian ad litem representation to abused and neglected children.
• Alaska CASA Program (Court Appointed Special Advocates). Volunteer advocates for abused children. Administered by the Office of Public Advocacy.
• Alaska Department of Law: Protecting Children.
• Child Support Services Division (CSSD). Alaska Department of Revenue.

Publications

A Guide to Alaska Child in Need of Aid Cases. Anchorage: Alaska Judicial Council, November 1999.

Improving the Court Process for Alaska's Children in Need of Aid: Executive Summary. Anchorage: Alaska Judicial Council, October 1996. An assessment of the role of Alaska courts in Child In Need of Aid (CINA) cases, with recommendations for improvements.

Initial Report and Recommendations of the Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission, 2006 by Alaska Rural Justice and Law Enforcement Commission. Anchorage, AK: Alaska Native Justice Center, 2006.

National

Federal agencies

• Child Welfare Information Gateway. A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
• National Criminal Justice Reference Service: Family Violence
• National Institute of Justice: Child Abuse and Maltreatment
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention: Child Protection
• Office of Victims Services: Child Abuse

National organizations

• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Prevent Child Abuse America

International

International Organizations

• World Health Organization: Child injuries and violence

United Kingdom

• The Victoria Climbié Inquiry. Official site of an inquiry into the failures of the British social service system in the aftermath of the murder of Victoria Climbié, an eight-year-old girl from the Ivory Coast murdered by her aunt and the aunt's boyfriend after months of severe abuse and contact with the social service system.
• The Climbié Inquiry. News stories and analysis from the UK's Guardian Unlmited.