**Note to ODVN staff- this resource is located in teh Children & Adolescents section**

This is a compilation of research related to child victimization.

Sections include:

• Current Trends in Child Victimization Research
  • Using New Crime Statistics to Understand Crimes Against Children- Child Porography, Juvenile Prostitution, and Hate Crimes Against Youth
    • Importance of Statistical Data
    • Child Pornography
    • Prostitution Involving Juveniles
    • Hate Crimes With Juvenile Victims
  • Internet Sex Crimes Against Minors
    • Understanding a Newly Emerging Problem
    • The N-JOV Study
    • Justice System Management of Cases
    • Discussion and Implications
  • Children, Animal Abuse, and Family Violence- The Multiple Intersections of Animal Abuse, Child Victimization, and Domestic Violence
    • The Intersections of Human and Animal Abuse
    • Defining Animal Abuse
    • Prevalence of Cruelty to Animals in Childhood and Adolescence
    • Childhood Animal Abuse and Later Violent Offending
    • Animal Abuse and Conduct Disorder
    • Motivations That May Underlie Animal Abuse
    • The Etiology of ANimal Abuse
    • Policy Implications and Recommendations
  • Child Maltreatment Fatalities- What Do We Know, What Have We Done, and Where Do We Go From Here?
    • Child Maltreatment Fatalities: Definition and Causes
    • Victim Demographics
    • Who Does the Killing?
    • Family Characteristics
    • Responses to Fatal Maltreatment
    • Where Do We Go From Here?
  • "Going to the Other Side:- An Analysis of Resilience Among Institutionalized Delinquent Youth
    • Critical Factors in Resilience
    • Relationship of Maltreatmen, Resilience, and Juvenile Crime
    • Study of Delinquent Youth in Texas
    • Study Results
    • Discussion
  • Child Victimization, Cognitive Functioning, and Academic Performance
    • Overview: Child Victimization Experiences and Academic Functioning
    • Victimization and Attention Dysregulation
    • Implications
  • Childhood Traumatic Grief- Development, Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment
    • Bereavement in Children
    • Childhood Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    • Childhood Traumatic Grief
    • Assessment of CTG
    • Treatment of CTG
    • Grief-Focused Treatment Components
    • Intervention to Enhance Adaptive Functioning
    • Future Direction
  • The Wide-Ranging Health Outcomes of Adverse Childhood Experiences
    • Methodology of the ACE Study
    • Epidemiology of Adverse Childhood Experiences
    • Pathways to Poor Health- Substance Abuse, Sexual Risk Behavior, and Obesity
    • Long-term Health Outccomes of Adverse Childhood Experiences
      • Reproductive Health and Unintended Pregnancy
      • Intimate Partner Violence
      • Health-Related Quality of Life
      • Suicidality
      • Mental Health Effects
    • Understanding the Linkage
    • Recommendations for Care
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes as Sequelae of Childhood Abuse
    • The Challenges of Chronic Pain
    • Key Concepts in Trauma and Pain
    • Chronic Pain Syndrome in Adult Survivors
    • What We Know About Pain and Abuse
    • Conclusions
  • Maternal Depression and Adverse Parenting
    • Depression
    • Impact on Child of Poor Parenting
    • Depression and Adverse Parenting
    • Chapter Objective
    • Maternal Depression and Child Maltreatment
      • Determinates of Parenting: The Fletcher Study
      • Sidebotham and Colleagues' Study
      • Understanding the Discrepancy in Findings
    • Maternal Depression and Adverse Parenting
      • Field and Colleagues' Study
      • Radke-Yarrow and Colleagues' Study
      • Frankel and Harmon Study
      • Harnish and Colleagues' Study
      • Hamilton and Colleagues' Study
    • Summary and Findings
• Peer Victimization
  • Difficult Home Environment and the Development of Aggressive Victims of Bullying
    • Defining the Aggressive Victim
    • Home Environment and the Development of Aggressive Victims
    • The Protective Power of Friendship
    • Development Trajectory- Hypothical Case Example
    • Conclusion
  • Patterns of Risk Factors Leading to Victimization and Aggression in Children and Adolescents
    • Characteristics of Aggressors and Victims
      • Bullies
      • Victims
      • Proactive vs. Reactive Aggressors
      • School Shooters
      • Behavioral Inhibition as a Characteristic of Victim-Aggressors
    • Development Pathway to Aggression: The Interaction of Temperment and Environment
    • The Springfield Child Development Project Study
    • Study Results: Antecedents of Aggression
    • Conclusion: Factors in Producing Victim-Aggressors
  • Peer Victimization Among Adolescents- A Preliminary Perspective on the Co-Occurence of Sexual Harassment, Dating Violence, and Bullying Victimization
  • Juvenile Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
    • Adolescent Dating and Dating Violence
    • Incidence of Juvenile Intimate Partner Victimization
    • Type of Juvenile Intimate Partner Victimization
    • Police Involvement
    • Implications of the Findings
    • Policy and Practice Issues
  • Psychosocial Consequences of Peer Victimization in Elementary and High School- An Examination of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptomatology
    • Negative Psychosocial Consequences of Peer Victimization
    • Internalizing Difficulties
    • Child Suicide
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    • Two Studies on PTSD as Outcome of Peer Victimization
  • Bullying and Harassment in a Post-Columbine World
• Intervention, Prevention, and Policy
  • Prevention of Child Neglect- Toward a Community-Level Approach
    • Scope of the Problem
    • Definitions of Neglect
    • The Effect of Neglect on Children
    • Ecological Model of Child Maltreatment
    • Social Capital
    • A Community-Level Approach to the Prevention of Child Neglect
  • Project SafeCare- Issues in Replicating an Ecobehavioral Model of Child Abuse Prevention
    • Replication and Dissemination Issues
    • Strategies to Improve the Quality of Implementation
    • Factors in Choice of Project SafeCare for Oklahoma Statewide Trial
    • Project SafeCare California: A Systematic Replication
    • Evaluation of Project Safecare in Oklahoma
  • The Social Information Processing Model of Child Physical Abuse: A Conceptual Basis for Prevention and Intervention Strategies
    • SIP Model Focuses on Parental Cognitions
    • The ROle of Automatic Information Processing in Abusive Behavior
    • Parental Interpretations of and Responses to Child's Behavior
    • Negative Affect- Information Processing Interplay and CPA Risk
    • Implications for Intervention
  • Foster Care as an Intervention for Abused and Neglected Children
    • Facts About Foster Care
    • The Functional Well-Being of Children in Foster Care
    • Outcomes for Young Adults Who Have Emancipatred From Foster Care
    • Evaluating Foster Care as an Intervention for Child Abuse and Neglect
    • Methodological Issues in Foster Care Research
  • Safety of Children involved With Child Welfare Services
  • Children's Advocacy Centers- Understanding the Impact of a Phenomenon
    • CAC Models
  • Making a Difference- Critical Factors in the Development of Federal Policies for Child Victimization
    • Role of Professionals, Child Advocates, and Researchers in Policy Setting
    • Federal Child Maltreatment Legislation
    • Practical Impact of National Laws and Policy: Child Victims Underserved
    • How Policy is Shaped
    • Conclusions