➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: The IACP, Yale and the U.S. Department of Justice Launch Groundbreaking Toolkit for Law Enforcement to Help Children Recover from Exposure to Violence and Trauma (Press release) International Association of Chiefs of Police - May 17, 2017 Today, … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Child Abuse: Statistics, Offenders, and Demographics Corrections.com - May 29, 2017 We have a question as to child abuse and correlates. The reader wants to know about the offenders and their circumstances. To do this, I will rely on the National … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Would 'raise the age' laws reduce recidivism? Pew Charitable Trust: Stateline - May 31, 2017 Several states that prosecute 16-year-old offenders as adults are reconsidering that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Presidential Requestimates: The Past 20 Years of IV-E Projections Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2017 In addition to a long list of child welfare- and juvenile justice-related programs slated for elimination or spending cuts, we noted that … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Harsh U.S. immigration policies are causing mental, social harm to American children Hill - May 31, 2017 Mental health affects all, regardless of gender, culture, and socio-economic status. Despite the universal nature, many are unable to get the … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: Accounting for Racial Bias When Applying Predictive Analytics to Child Welfare (Opinion) Chronicle of Social Change - May 31, 2017 Research on implicit racial bias teaches us that individual-level, subjective decision-making practices are likely … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: A medical look at child abuse (Video) Star-Telegram - May 31, 2017 Dr. Jamye Coffman, medical director, The Center for Prevention of Child Maltreatment and Care at Cook Children's Medical Center, talks about putting the puzzle … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: NY: Doctors worried about increased marijuana use in pregnant women WJBD - May 31, 2017 As more states legalize recreational marijuana -- and its use continues to climb -- the number of pregnant women using the drug has doctors concerned. The … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: India: For India's sex trafficking victims, family members often bear part of the blame Public Radio International - May 24, 2017 If the girls are rescued, a lot of state and NGO machinery gets involved - there are police raids and rescues, and then … [Read more...]

➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ: US: McCarthy: We can end human trafficking (Includes video)(Opinion) Cable News Network - May 24, 2017 The International Labor Organization estimates that 20.9 million people are trafficked globally. Of those, 68% are subjected to forced labor, 26% … [Read more...]