Family Violence

Family Violence

Compiled by: Carmen E. Brigandi
Acquisitions Librarian
California Western School of Law
July 1999
Rev. Sept. 2006

Scope: This research guide is not all-inclusive. It does, however, present resources available at the California Western library and online regarding legal issues associated with domestic violence and child abuse. It is designed to provide the researcher with guidance as to the location of materials dealing with this subject. Additional research can be conducted by using the KIM system, legal periodical indices, and other finding aids. Access to Lexis, Westlaw, and the Internet is limited to students and faculty at California Western. We welcome suggestions for improvements to this and other research guides. Please consult the Reference Librarian with suggestions and further research questions. This research guide is divided into two subjects: Domestic Violence and Child Abuse.

Domestic Violence

Annotated Codes

Prominent Laws

Periodicals

Books

Internet Resources

Annotated Codes:

United States Code Annotated. West Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 62 1927 .W47

United States Code Service. Lexis Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 62 1972 .L38

Deering's California Codes Annotated. California Family Code. Lexis Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KFC 30.5 .D43

West's Annotated California Codes. California Family Code. West Group.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KFC 30.5 .W4

Prominent Laws Addressing Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Prevention Act - California Family Code sec. 6200

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992 - 42 USCA 5101

Family Violence Prevention and Services Act  -  42 USCA 10414

Periodicals:

American Journal Of Family Law (1987-present)
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.: KF 501 .A3 A43

Family Advocate (1978-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Family Law (United Kingdom) (1971-2002)
Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.: KD 750 .A13 F35

Family Law Quarterly (1967-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Journal Of Social Welfare & Family Law (1991- 2004)
Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.: KD 3292 .J68

Violence against women.  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications (1995- present)
Location:  3rd Floor 
Call No.:  HV 6250.4.W65 V53 

Books:

Battered Women & Feminist Lawmaking.  By Elizabeth M. Schneider.  Yale University Press, c2000.

Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9322 .S36 2000. 

 

Battered Women In The Courtroom: The Power Of Judicial Responses. By James Ptacek.  Northeastern University Press, c1999.

Location:  4th Floor
Call No.  KF 9322 .P78 1999. 

Children Exposed To Marital Violence: Theory, Research, And Applied Issues.  By George W. Holden, Robert Geffner, and Ernest N. Jouriles.  International American Psychological Association, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HQ 784.V55 C445 1998.

Children Who See Too Much: Lessons From The Child Witness To Violence Project.  By Betsy McAlister Groves.  Beacon Press, 2002.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HQ 784.V55 G76 2002.

 

Domestic Abuse And Custody Mediation Training For Mediators: Instructor’s Guide.  By Linda Girdner, et. al.  American Bar Association, c1999.

Location:  4th floor.

Call No.:  KF 505 .D65 1999.

Domestic Abuse: Public Policy/Criminal Justice Approaches Towards Child, Spousal, And Elderly Abuse.  By Suman Kakar. Austin & Winfield, 1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No:  HV 6626.2 .K35 1998.

Domestic Crimes, Family Violence And Child Abuse: A Study Of Contemporary American Society.  By R. Barri Flowers.  McFarland, c2000.
Location:  3rd floor.

Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .F56 2000.

Domestic Violence And Health Care: What Every Professional Needs To Know.  By Sherri L. Schornstein.  Sage Publications, c1997.
Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.:  RA 1122 .S36.

Domestic Violence And The Politics Of Privacy.  By Kristin A. Kelly.  Cornell University Press, 2003.

Location:  3rd floor.

Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .K45 2003. 

Domestic Violence: From A Private Matter To A Federal Offense.  By Patricia G. Barnes.  Garland Pub., 1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9322 .D66 1998.

Domestic Violence Law.  Edited by Nancy K.D. Lemon.  West Group, c2001.

Location:  4th floor.

Call No.:  KF 9320 .D65 2001

Empowering Survivors Of Abuse: Health Care For Battered Women And Their Children.  By Jacquelyn Campbell.   Sage Publications, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RA 1122 .E46 1998.

Ending Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting The Epidemic.  By Ethel Klein.
Sage Publications, c1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .E53 1997

Family Violence Across The Lifespan: An Introduction.  By Ola W. Barnett.  Sage Publications, c1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626 .B315 1997

Family Violence: Prevention And Treatment.  Edited by Robert L. Hampton.  Sage Publications, c1999.

Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .F38 1999

 

A Guide For Employers: Domestic Violence In The Workplace.  American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence.  The Association, c1999.
Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HF 5549.5.E43 G84 1999

 

Handbook Of Domestic Violence Intervention Strategies: Policies, Programs, And Legal Remedies.  Edited by Albert R. Roberts.  Oxford University Press, c2002.
Location:  3rd floor

Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .H36 2002

 

The Handbook Of Family Dispute Resolution: Mediation Theory And Practice.  By Alison Taylor.  Jossey-Bass, c2002.
Location:  4th floor

Call No.:  KF 535 .T39 2002

Handling The Domestic Violence Case.  By Betty Levinson.  Practising Law Institute, c1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9322.Z9 H36 1998

The Impact Of Family Violence On Children And Adolescents.  By Javad H. Kashani and Wesley D. Allan.  Sage Publications, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RJ 507.F35 K37 1998

The Impact Of Domestic Violence On Your Legal Practice: A Lawyer’s Handbook.  Edited by Margaret B. Drew, et al.  American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence, c2004.
Location:  4th floor

Call No.:  KF 9322 .I47 2004

 

Insult To Injury: Rethinking Our Responses To Intimate Abuse.  By Linda G. Mills.  Princeton University Press, c2003.
Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HV 6626 .M55 2003

Issues In Intimate Violence.  By Raquel Kennedy Bergen.  Sage Publications, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HN 90.V5 I77 1998

It’s A Crime: Women And Justice.  Edited by Roslyn Muraskin.  Prentice Hall, c2000.
Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HV 6046 .I86 2000

 

Judging In A Therapeutic Key: Therapeutic Jurisprudence And The Courts.  Edited by Bruce J. Winick and David B. Wexler.  Carolina Academic Press, c2003.
Location:  4th floor
Call No.:  KF 380 .J835 2003

 

The Marked Body: Domestic Violence In Mid-Nineteenth Centruy Literature.  By Kate Lawson and Lynn Shakinovsky.  State University of New York Press, c2002.
Location:  3rd floor

Call No.:  PR 878.F29 L39 2002

Negotiating Domestic Violence : Police, Criminal Justice, And Victims.  By Carolyn Hoyle.
Oxford University Press, 1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.23.G7 H69 1998

Over The Threshold: Intimate Violence In Early America.  Edited by Christine Daniels and Michael V. Kennedy.  Routledge, 1999.
Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .O94 1999

Pathfinder On Domestic Violence In The United States   Center on Crime, Communities & Culture. The Center, 1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .P37

Program Evaluation And Family Violence Research.  Edited by Sally K. Ward and David Finkelhor.  Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, c2000.
Location:  3rd floor
Call No.:  HV 6626 .P76 2000 

 

Same-Sex Domestic Violence: Strategies For Change.  Edited by Beth Leventhal and Sandra E. Lundy.  Sage Publications, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HQ 75.5 L84 1999

 

Sourcebook On Violence Against Women.  Edited by Claire M. Renzetti, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Raquel Kennedy Bergen.  Sage Publications, c2001.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6250.4.W65 S68 2001

Stalking And Domestic Violence: The Third Annual Report To Congress Under The Violence Against Women Act.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Grants Office, 1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9322 .D65 1998

Teach Your Students Well: Incorporating Domestic Violence Into Law School Curricula; A Law School Report.  American Bar Association, Commission on Domestic Violence.  The Association, 2003.

Location:  4th Floor

Call No.:  KF 277.C63 A43 2003

 

Understanding Domestic Homicide.  By Neil Websdale.  Northeastern University Press, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.22.F6 W43 1999

 

Violence Against Women.  Edited by Joan Zorza.  Civic Research Institute, c2002-c2004.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9322.A75 V56 2002 v.1, v2. 

 

Women And Domestic Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach.  Edited by Lynette Feder.  Haworth Press, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .W64 1999

Internet Resources

[NOTE: Internet site addresses change frequently. Accordingly, some of these sites may no longer exist under the addresses provided. To locate changed addresses, search for the page title using an Internet search engine such as Google (google.com) Altavista (altavista.com) or HotBot (hotbot.com)].

State of California Commission on the Status of Women
www.statusofwomen.ca.gov
Covers legislation past, current and pending on women's issues.  Connects to other Women's organizations.

California Office of the Attorney General Spousal Abuser Prosecution Program
http://ag.ca.gov/sapprogram/index.htm
Site includes information about the program, more general domestic violence information, statistics and internet links.

Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/children/index.shtml
Connects to different sources of information and programs on domestic violence and child abuse issues.

United States Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women
http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/

Includes links to OVW special initiatives such as the President’s Family Justice Center Initiative, Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the Safety for Indian Women Demonstration Initiative, OVW’s Measuring Effectiveness Initiative, domestic violence and sexual assault hotlines, state coalitions, and other Federal agencies with violence against women programs.

 

California Courts Self-Help Center
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/protection/

Information about filing a motion for a restraining order to prevent domestic abuse or civil harassment in California Courts, including links to forms.

Child Abuse

Annotated Codes

Prominent Laws

Periodicals

Books

Internet Resources

Annotated Codes:

United States Code Annotated. West Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 62 1927 .W47

United States Code Service. Lexis Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:   KF 62 1972 .L38

Deering's California Codes Annotated. California Family Code. Lexis Publishing.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KFC 30.5 .D43

West's Annotated California Codes.  California Family Code.  West Group.
Location:  Core Collection and 4th Floor
Call No.:  KFC 30.5 .W4

Prominent Laws Addressing Child Abuse:

Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 -  42 USCA 5101

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, Adoption and Family Services Act of 1992 - 42 USCA 5101

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Act - California Penal Code sec. 288

Family Violence Prevention and Service Acts  -  42 USCA 10414

Periodicals:

American Journal Of Family Law (1987-present).
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.: KF 501 .A3 A43

Child abuse & neglectOxford ; New York : Pergamon Press (1990 – present).
Location:  3rd Floor 
Call No.:  HV 713 .C4 

Children's Legal Rights Journal (1981-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Child maltreatment : journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.  Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Periodicals Press (1996- present).
Location:  3rd Floor 
Call No.:  HV 713 .C45 

Family Advocate (1978-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Family Law (United Kingdom) (1971-2002)
Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.: KD 750 .A13 F35

Family Law Quarterly (1967-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Journal Of Juvenile Law (1977-present)
Location:  3rd Floor--Periodicals

Journal Of Social Welfare & Family Law (1991- 2004)
Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.: KD 3292 .J68

Books:

The Abused Child: Psychodynamic Understanding And Treatment.  By Toni Vaughn Heineman. New York: Guilford Press, c1998.
Location:  Third Floor
Call No.:  RJ 507.A29 H45 1998

The APSAC Handbook On Child Maltreatment.  Edited by John E.B. Myers, et al.  Sage Publications, c2002.

Location:  3rd Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.5 .A83 2002

The Battered Child.  By Mary Edna Helfer, Ruth S. Kempe, and Richard D. Krugman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.5 .B38 1997

Burn Injuries In Child Abuse : Portable Guides To Investigating Child Abuse.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1997].
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 8079.C46 B87

Child Abuse: A Global View.  Edited by Beth M. Schwartz-Kenney, Michelle McCauley, and Michelle A. Epstein.  Greenwood Press, 2001.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.5 .C472 2001

 

Child Abuse Reported To The Police [Electronic Resource].  By David Finkelhor and Richard Ormrod.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov./GPO/LPS12553

Children Exposed To Marital Violence: Theory, Research, And Applied Issues.  By George W. Holden, Robert Geffner and Ernest N. Jouriles.  International Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence (1st: 1996: Austin, Tex.).  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HQ 784.V55 C445 1998

Children Exposed To Violence: Criminal Justice Resources.  By Helen Connely.  Office for Victims of Crime, 1999.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS20815

 

Children, Social Science, And The Law.  Edited by Bette L. Bottoms, Margaret Bull Kovera, Bradley D. McAuliff.  Cambridge University Press, c2002.

Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 3735 .C48 2002

Child Sexual Abuse And False Memory Syndrome.  By Robert A. Baker.  Amherst, N.Y.: Prometheus Books, 1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RC 455.2.F35 C47 1998

Child Welfare League Of America [CWLA] Standards Of Excellence For Services For Abused Or Neglected Children And Their Families.  The League, c1999.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 741 .C57 1999

Clinical And Forensic Interviewing Of Children And Families: Guidelines For The Mental Health, Education, Pediatric And Child Maltreatment Fields.  By Jerome M. Sattler.   San Diego, Calif.: Jerome M. Sattler, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  BF 637.I5 S28 1998

Court Improvement Progress Report, 1998.  By Diane B. Rauber, Sharon S. England, and Mark Hardin.  Washington, DC: ABA Center on Children and the Law, c1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9323.Z95 R38 1998

Crimes Against Children By Babysitters.  By David Finkelhor and Richard Ormrod.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS15918

Criminal Investigation Of Child Sexual Abuse.  Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1997].
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 8079.C46 C74

Child Welfare League of America Standards Of Excellence For Services For Abused Or Neglected Children And Their Families.  Washington, DC: The League, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 741 .C57 1999

Domestic Crimes, Family Violence And Child Abuse: A Study Of Contemporary American Society.  By R. Barri Flowers.  McFarland, c2000.

Location:  3d Floor

Call No.:  HV 6626.2 .F56 2000

Empowering Survivors Of Abuse: Health Care For Battered Women And Their Children. By Jacquelyn Campbell.  Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RA 1122 .E46 1998

Evidence In Child Abuse And Neglect Cases.  By John E. B. Myers.  New York: Wiley Law Publications, c1997.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9673 .M94 1997

Expert Witnesses In Child Abuse Cases: What Can And Should Be Said In Court.  By Stephen J. Ceci and Helene Hembrooke.  Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, c1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9323 .E96 1998

The Future Of Child Protection: How To Break The Cycle Of Abuse And Neglect.  By Jane Waldfogel.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 713 .W27 1998

The Impact Of Family Violence On Children And Adolescents.  By Javad H. Kashani, and Wesley D. Allan.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, c1998.
Location: 3d Floor
Call No.:  RJ 507.F35 K37 1998

Initiatives To Combat Child Abuse [electronic resource].  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 2001.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS47518


Keeping Kids Out Of The System: Creative Legal Practice As A Community Child Protection Strategy.  By Leigh Goodmark.  American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, c2001.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 3735 .G66 2001

Law Enforcement Response To Child Abuse : Portable Guides To Investigating Child Abuse. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1997].
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 8079.C46 L38 1997

Legal Issues In Child Abuse And Neglect Practice.  By John E. B. Myers.  Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9323 .M94 1998

Mandated Reporting Of Suspected Child Abuse: Ethics, Law & Policy.  By Seth C. Kalichman.  American Psychological Association, c1999.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 8079.C46 K35 1999. 

Moral Panic: Changing Concepts Of The Child Molester In Modern America.  By Philip Jenkins.
New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6570.2 .J46 1998

A Mother's Nightmare : Incest: A Practical Legal Guide For Parents And Professionals.  By John E. B. Myers. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6570.7 .M94 1997

“Multiple Victimization Of Children: Conceptual, Developmental, Research, And Treatment Issues.” By B. B. Robbie Rossman and Mindy S. Rosenberg.   Journal Of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma; v. 2, no. 1.  New York: Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.5 .M86 1998.

Myers On Evidence In Child, Domestic, And Elder Abuse Cases.  By John. E.B. Myers. Aspen Publishers, c2005.

Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9673 .M94 2005 v.1, v.2

 

The National Center For Prosecution Of Child Abuse.  By Robin V. Delany-Shabazz and Victor Vieth.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS14736

 

The National Center On Child Fatality Review.  By John Langstaff and Tish Sleeper

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2001.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS12507

Neglected Children: Research, Practice, And Policy.  By Howard Dubowitz.  Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.52 .N44 1999

Nobody’s Children: Abuse And Neglect, Foster Drift, And The Adoption Alternative.  By Elizabeth Bartholet.  Beacon Press, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 741 .B315 1999

 

Of Innocence And Autonomy: Children, Sex And Human Rights.  Edited by Eric Heinze.  Ashgate/Dartmouth, c2000.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  K 639 .O325 2000

Ours To Keep: A Guide For Building A Community Assessment Strategy For Child Protection.  By Pamela Day, Susan Robison, and Lisa Sheikh.   Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press, 1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 741 .D275 1998

Planning, Funding, And Implementing A Child Abuse Prevention Project.  By Rebekah L. Dorman, Douglas J. Moore, and Caroline A. Schaerfl.   Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America Press, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 741 .P498 1999

Preparing And Presenting Expert Testimony In Child Abuse Litigation:  A Guide For Expert Witnesses And Attorneys.  By Paul Stern.  Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications , c1997.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9323 .S83

Promoting Community Child Protection: A Legislative Agenda.  By Leigh Goodmark.  American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law, c2002.
Location:  4th floor

Call No.:  KF 3735 .G664 2002

 

Recognizing When A Child’s Injury Or Illnes Is Caused By Abuse.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2002.

http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS27551

 

Representing Children In Child Protective Proceedings: Ethical And Practical Dimensions.  By Jean Koh Peters.  LexisNexis, c2001.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 479 .P48 2001

Search For Solutions : Child Abuse And Domestic Violence Nexus:  Findings From The Office Of Criminal Justice Planning Public Policy Forums Report. [Sacramento, Calif.]: Governor's Office of Criminal Justice Planning, 1998.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KFC 1121.5 .C35 1998

Sibling Abuse: Hidden Physical, Emotional, And Sexual Trauma.  By Vernon R. Wiehe.  Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, c1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 715 .W53 1997

Spectral Evidence: The Ramona Case: Incest, Memory, And Truth On Trial In Napa Valley.  By Moira Johnston.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  KF 224.R32 J64

State Court Assessments, 1995-1998: Dependency Proceedings.  Edited by Veronica E. Hemrich

American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law, 1999.
Location:  4th Floor
Call No.:  KF 9795.Z95 H37 1999

Stopping Child Maltreatment Before It Starts: Emerging Horizons In Early Home Visitation Services.  By Neil b. Guterman.  Sage Publications, c2001.

Location:  3d Floor

Call No.:  HV 43 .G87 2000

Telling Secrets: An Artist's Journey Through Childhood Trauma.  By Jane Orleman.  Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RC 489.A7 O74 1998

Tender Mercies: Inside The World Of A Child Abuse Investigator.  By Keith N. Richards. Washington, D.C.: Child Welfare League of America Press, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 40.32.R53 A3 1998

Treating The Aftermath Of Sexual Abuse: A Handbook For Working With Children In Care. By Margaret Osmond.  Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America Press, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  RJ 507.A29 T74 1998

Understanding And Investigating Child Sexual Exploitation : Portable guides to investigating child abuse.  Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [1997].
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 8079.C46 U52 1997

Understanding Child Abuse And Neglect.  By Cynthia Crosson Tower. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, c1999.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6626.52 .T69 1999

An Update On The “Cycle Of Violence.”  By Cathy S. Wisdom and Michael G. Maxfield.  U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice, 2001.

http://www.ncjrs.org/txtfiles1/nij/184894.txt

 

Use Of Computers In The Sexual Exploitation Of Children.  U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 1999.

Location:  3d Floor
Call No.:  HV 6750.2 .U84 1999

Where To Go For What You Need To Know: A Selective Annotated Bibliography Of Resource Materials For Child Fatality Review Teams : Child fatality review teams: training for the future.  By Sarah R. Kaplan and Susan E. Neill.  [Chicago, Ill.]: ABA Center on Children and the Law, c1998.
Location:  3d Floor
Call No:  HV 8079.C46 K36 1998

Internet Resources:

[NOTE: Internet site addresses change frequently. Accordingly, some of these sites may no longer exist under the addresses provided. To locate changed addresses, search for the page title using an Internet search engine such as Google (google.com), Altavista (altavista.com) or HotBot (hotbot.com)].

National Association of Counsel for Children (NACC)
www.naccchildlaw.org
The NACC is a professional organization of lawyers and other practitioners who represent children in court. Publishes a monthly newsletter, and holds annual conferences. Site links to many resources.

National Center for Youth Law (NCYL)
www.youthlaw.org
The NCYL provides information, training and consultation on youth law matters to attorneys and other professionals serving poor children and youth.

Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
www.cwla.org
CWLA is an association that provides a wide range of services to protect abused, neglected and otherwise vulnerable children and youths.

U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/
This office develops national programs to improve juvenile justice systems, prevent juvenile crime and protect children from abuse and neglect.  Site includes statistics and information about the office’s programs. 

Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/
A service of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, this website includes statistics and federal and state laws regarding child abuse and neglect, as well as a publications directory.