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BULLYING

BULLIES MAY ENJOY OTHERS' PAIN, courtesy University of Chicago and World Science staff, World Science, November 6, 2008.

BULLYING BEYOND THE PLAYGROUND, National Crime Prevention Council, Washington, DC: March 6, 2007. Delete Cyberbullying Campaign.

BULLYING POWER & CONTROL WHEEL, Kayte Anton, YWCA Crisis Center, Enid, OK; adapted from the Power and Control Wheel developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project, Duluth, MN.

Childhood Bullying, WomanView (volume 10, issue 5), Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL: November 21, 2006.

An Emotional Safety Check; Girl Scout Survey Shows Teasing and Taunting Rank Highest on List of Concerns, Karen Ann Cullotta, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL: April 28, 2004. Copyright © 2004 Chicago Tribune Company. Feeling Safe: What Girls Say, A Report from the Girl Scout Research Institute – Executive Summary.

Facts for Teens: Bullying, National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center, Rockville, MD: 2002.

Linking Bullyproof: Teaching about Bullying and Harassment Using National Standards for School Counseling and Health Education, Emily Coe-Sullivan and Nan D. Stein, Wellesley Center for Women, and National Education Association Professional Library, 2006.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION AFFECTS RISK OF BULLYING IN TEENS, Randy Dotinga, Health Behavior News Service, Washington, DC: January 28, 2010. Copyright © 2003-2010 Center for Advancing Health.

THE THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL LINKS BETWEEN BULLYING BEHAVIOR AND MALE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PERPETRATION, Kathleen C. Basile, Dorothy L. Espelage, Ian Rivers, Pamela M. McMahon and Thomas R. Simon, Aggression and Violent Behavior (volume 14, pages 336-347), Elsevier, Amsterdam, NL: 2009.

VERIZON AND THE SOUTH DAKOTA NETWORK AGAINST FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP TO EDUCATE YOUTH ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BULLYING IN SOUTH DAKOTA, South Dakota Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault and Verizon Wireless, Pierre, SD: July 13, 2010.

CHILD ABUSE / MALTREATMENT

ABUSE OF CHILDREN, Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs, Duluth, MN.

CHILD Abuse AND MALTREATMENT, National Institute of Justice of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: May 4, 2007.

CHILD ABUSE EXPERTS OFTEN FAIL TO SCREEN FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Newswise, Charlottesville, VA: April 29, 2006.

CHILD MALTREATMENT 2007, Children's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: 2007.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOME VISITING: FEDERAL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA: February 2010.

THE INTERSECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD VICTIMIZATION: UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES, DEVELOPING A COORDINATED COMMUNITY RESPONSE – ONLINE TUTORIAL, Rural Victimization Project, Institute for Family Violence Studies, School of Social Work, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.

INTERSECTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD VICTIMIZATION IN INDIAN COUNTRY, Jane M. Larrington and Hallie Bongar White, Southwest Center for Law and Policy, Tucson, AZ.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS OF RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CHILD ABUSE (English and Español), Women's Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA. Copyright © Marie De Santis, Women's Justice Center.

Los Angeles County Calls Domestic Abuse a Key Factor in Child Deaths, Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA: April 28, 2004. Copyright © 2004 The Times Mirror Company; Los Angeles Times.

Mothers and Children: Understanding the Links between Woman Battering and Child Abuse, Jeffrey L. Edelson, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul, MN: 1995. Copyright © 1998-2004 Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse.

NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH, Child Welfare Information Gateway of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.

NO MORE…SEXUAL VIOLENCE, NO MORE…RELATIONSHIP ABUSE, NO MORE…CHILD ABUSE, NO MORE…ELDER ABUSE, Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, NY.

OUR VULNERABLE TEENAGERS: THEIR VICTIMIZATION, ITS CONSEQUENCES, AND DIRECTIONS FOR PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION, Madeline Wordes and Michell Nunez, the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, and the National Center for Victims of Crime, May 2002.

The Overlap Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Abuse, Jeffrey L. Edleson, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: revised April 1999.

Program to Help Abused Youth Could be U.S. Template, Rubén Rosario, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Grand Forks Herald, Grand Forks, ND: May 9, 2005. Copyright © 2005 Knight Ridder.

ProgrESS FOR CHILDREN a REPORT CARD ON CHILD PROTECTION, UNICEF, New York, NY: September 2009. Copyright © 2009 United Nations Children's Fund.

rEALIZING THE PROMISE OF HOME VISITATION: ADDRESSING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD MALTREATMENT – A GUIDE FOR POLICY MAKERS, Family Violence Prevention Fund, Safe Start Center and Avon Foundation for Women, San Francisco, CA: February 2010. Copyright © 2010 Family Violence Prevention Fund.

STUDY SHOWS SIGNIFICANT DROP IN CHILD ABUSE, David Crary, Associated Press, Detroit Free Press, Detroit, MI: February 3, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Gannett. National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4), 2004-2009.

TIPS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, HEALTH WORKERS, TEACHERS, CLERGY, AND OTHERS HELPING VICTIMS OF RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE, Marie De Santis, Women's Justice Center, Santa Rosa, CA.

WIDENING OUR LENS: A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF CHILD MALTREATMENT, INTERPERSONAL, AND FAMILY VIOLENCE ON YOUTH, Healthy Teen Network, Washington, DC.


CHILDREN & YOUTH

5 THINGS TO SAY TO A CHILD, Jennifer Scott-Dewar and Juliet Walters, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX.

ABA President’s Youth at Risk Initiative, American Bar Association, Chicago, IL: September 2006.

ASSAULT – HELP FOR TEENAGE VICTIMS OF CRIME, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC.

ASSESSING RISK TO CHILDREN FROM BATTERERS, Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman, 2002, synopsis written by Rus Ervin Funk, Louisville, KY.

ATYPICAL EMPATHIIC RESPONSES IN ADOLESCENTS WITH AGGRESSIVE CONDUCT DISORDER: A FUNCTIONAL MRI INVESTIGATION, Jean Decety, Kalina J. Michalska, Yuko Akitsuki and Benjamin B. Lahey, Biological Psychology, 2008; Copyright © 2008 Elsevier B.V.

CHILDHOOD TRAUMA CAN SHAVE YEARS OFF LIFE, RESEARCH SUGGESTS, Sharon Jayson, USA Today, San Diego, CA: August 18, 2010. Copyright © 2010 USA Today.

Children and Domestic Violence: Summary of State Laws – State Statutes Series 2004, National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: March 2004.

CHILDREN & DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FACTS, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Denver, CO.

Children Coping with Family Violence Wheel (English and Español), developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Duluth, MN.

CHILDREN of domestic violence: risks and remedies, Barbara J. Hart, Barbara J. Hart’s Collected Writings, Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, St. Paul, MN. Copyright © 1995-2004 Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse.

Children’s Advocacy Centers in Indian Country, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, Oklahoma City, OK: March 2000.

Connect – a resource to engage kids in discussions about violence against women (English and Español), Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA.

Early Childhood, Domestic Violence and PovertY: HELPING YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. Susan Schechter (editor), School of Social Work University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA: January 2004. Copyright © 2004 The University of Iowa.

Early Childhood Resources on Domestic Violence, Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition, Lincoln, NE.

ENDING VIOLENCE WITH CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS, National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence, Austin, TX: 2005.

IMPROVING THE RESPONSE TO CHILDREN IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES, Sarah M. Buel, Texas Prosecutor (pages 14-16, May / June 1997).  Reprinted from Texas Prosecutor with permission from the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, Austin, TX.

JUSTIFICATIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS WITH – UNDERSTANDING YOUNG PEOPLE'S VIEWS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE, Melanie J. McCarry, Men and Masculinities (volume 11, number 3, pages 325-345), Sage, Newbury Park, CA: January 1, 2009. Copyright © 2009 Sage.

KeePING YOUR CHILD SafeR IN THE WORLD TODAY (SAFER) (Braille), National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria, VA.

LEARNING TO LISTEN, LEARNING TO HELP: UNDERSTANDING WOMAN ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS ON CHILDREN, Linda L. Baker and Alison J. Cunningham, Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System, London, ONT, CA: 2005. Copyright © 2005 Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System, London Family Court Clinic, Inc.

LITTLE EYES, LITTLE EARS: HOW VIOLENCE AGAINST A MOTHER SHAPES CHILDREN AS THEY GROW, Allison Cunningham and Linda Baker, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: 2007.

NURTURING CHILDREN, Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Duluth, MN.

Reaching and Serving Teen Victims – A Practical Handbook, National Crime Prevention Council and National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC: September 2005. Copyright © 2005 the National Crime Prevention Council and the National Center for Victims of Crime.

Some of the Biggest Victims of Domestic Violence Are the Smallest; New Global Report Reveals Impact of Domestic Violence on Children, Business Wire, August 1, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Business Wire, Inc. Some of the Biggest Victims of Domestic Violence Are the Smallest and The United Nations Study on Violence Against Children.

Teen Equality Wheel (English and Español), adapted from the Power and Control Wheel developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Duluth, MN.

TEEN POWER AND CONTROL WHEEL (English and Español), adapted from the Power and Control Wheel developed by the Domestic Abuse Intervention Program, Duluth, MN.

The Truth About Boys and Girls, Sara Mead, Education Sector, Washington, DC: June 2006. Copyright © 2006 Education Sector.

 

 

CHILDREN & YOUTH WITNESSING / EXPOSED

Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Recommendations to Improve the Criminal Justice Response to Child Victims and Witnesses, OVC Monograph, Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: June 1999.

CHILDREN EXPOSED TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: AN INFORMATION PACKET, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA, March 2002.

Children Exposed to Violence: Criminal Justice Resources, Helen Connelly, OVC Bulletin, Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: June 1999.

CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE: A COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL SURVEY, David Finkelhor, Heather Turner, Richard Ormrod, Sherry Hamby and Kristen Kracke, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: October 2009.

CHILDREN’S WITNESSING OF ADULT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Jeffrey L. Edleson, St. Paul, MN: May 6, 1997.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES OJJDP BULLETIN SUMMARIZING SURVEY RESULTS ON CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE, OJJDP News @ A Glance, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: September - October 2009.

Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence, Jeffrey Edleson and Barbara Nissley, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: October 2006.

EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE BETWEEN PARENTS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES RISK FOR ADULT PARTNER VIOLENCE, American Psychological Association, ScienceDaily, February 28, 2003.

HEALING THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS: CHILDREN'S EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE – a GUIDE FOR FAMILIES (English and Español), Safe Start Center, North Bethesda, MD: 2009.

Helping Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Law Enforcement and Community Partnerships – Final Report to the National Institute of Justice, B.E. Smith, L.B. Nickles, D.H. Mulmat and H.J. Davies, American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and the San Diego Association of Governments, March 2001.

KIDS EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE HAVE MORE BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS, Center for the Advancement of Health, ScienceDaily, December 31, 2003.

LEGAL AND POLICY RESPONSES TO CHILDREN EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE NEED TO EVALUATE INTENDED AND UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES, Peter G. Jaffe, Claire V. Crooks and David A. Wolfe.

Problems Associated with Children’s Witnessing of Domestic Violence, Jeffrey L. Edleson, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: April 1997; revised April 1999.

RESEARCHERS FIND WITNESSING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AS CHILDREN DOES NOT INCREASE RISK OF VICTIMIZATION AS ADULTS, BUT FIND LINK TO ABUSE IN CHILDHOOD, e-update, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, Bloomington, IL: May 19, 2006.

When Children Witness Domestic Violence: Expert Opinion, National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, Alexandria, VA.

 

 

CYBER EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN & YOUTH

Cyberbullying and Cyberstalking, National Criminal Justice Reference Service of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: June 2005.

PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD: PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM ONLINE EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE GUIDE, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: May 2006.

REMARKS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO R. GONZALES AT THE PROJECT SAFE CHILDHOOD IMPLEMENTATION LAUNCH, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: May 17, 2006. Project Safe Childhood: Protecting Children from Online Exploitation and Abuse Guide.

MISCELLANEOUS

BENEFITS AND COSTS OF PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH, Steve Aos, Roxanne Lieb, Jim Mayfield, Marna Miller and Annie Pennucci, National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, Harrisburg, PA: September 2004.

dOMESTIC ASSAULTS BY JUVENILE OFFENDERS, Howard N. Snyder and Carl McCurley, Juvenile Justice Bulletin, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC: November 2008.

KIDS CENTER'S IT'S MY BODY WORKBOOK, KIDS Center, Bend, OR. Copyright © 2010 Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Centers, Inc.

POWER AND POSSIBILITIES, Ami Nagle, Collaborative Fund for Youth-Led Social Change, Ms. Foundation, New York, NY: 2003. Copyright © 2003 Ms. Foundation.

PROMOTING HEALTHY FAMILIES IN YOUR COMMUNITY, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: 2007.

SOCIAL WORKER'S PRACTICE GUIDE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Children's Administration, Olympia, WA: February 2010.

STUDIES SAY VIOLENT VIDEO GAMES MAKE CHILDREN AGGRESSIVE, February 23, 2004, Join Together Online, Boston, MA.

SUICIDE ATTEMPTS BY TEENS LINKED WITH ASSAULT, Reuters, Yahoo! News, New York, NY: June 4, 2007. Copyright © 2007 Reuters Limited and Yahoo! Inc.


PARENTING

For Parents, Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Safe Place News, Safe Place Ministries, Boise, ID: January 2005.

Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers, Linda L. Baker and Alison J. Cunningham, Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, London, ONT, CA. Copyright © 2004 Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System, London Family Court Clinic, Inc.

JUST FOR PARENTS – HELP FOR TEENAGE VICTIMS OF CRIME, National Center for Victims of Crime, Washington, DC.

NEW HELP FOR CHILDREN RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER RELATIVES: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE FOSTERING CONNECTIONS TO SUCCESS AND INCREASING ADOPTIONS ACT OF 2008, Center for Law and Social Policy and Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC: January 2009.

Parenting in the Context of Domestic Violence, Jeffrey L. Edleson, Lyungai F. Mbilinyi and Sudha Shetty, Judicial Council of California Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Families, Children, & the Courts, San Francisco, CA: March 2003. Copyright © 2003 Judicial Council of California / Administrative Office of the Courts.

A PUNISHING PREDICAMENT; SPANKING STILL PROVOKES DEBATE AMONG PARENTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, Mark Ellis, Columbus Dispatch, Columbus, OH: February 19, 2006. Copyright © 2006 The Columbus Dispatch.

WHY the “everyday essentials” for parenting are important for children who live with violence, Center for Children and Families in the Justice System, London, ONT, CA.

 

 

SCHOOL / EDUCATION

Bullyproof: a Teacher’s guide on teasing and Bullying for use with fourth and fifth grade students, Lisa Sjostrom and Nan D. Stein, Wellesley Center for Women, Wellesley, MA: 1996.

[ENDING VIOLENCE] TEEN CURRICULUM, Break the Cycle, Los Angeles, CA: 2009.

Expect Respect, SafePlace, Austin, TX.

EXPECT RESPECT – PROGRAM OVERVIEW: A SCHOOL-BASED PROGRAM FOR PREVENTING TEEN DATING VIOLENCE AND PROMOTING SAFE AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, Barbara Ball and Barri Rosenbluth, SafePlace, Austin, TX: February 2008. Copyright © 2008 SafePlace. Flyer.

INCREASING STATE INVESTMENTS IN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION: LESSONS LEARNED FROM ADVOCATES AND BEST PRACTICES, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD: 2008. Copyright © 2008 The Annie E. Casey Foundation.

PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN SCHOOLS: TALKING ABOUT “IT”, Cordelia Anderson, Sensibilities, Inc., Minneapolis, MN: 2001.

RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND RESPECTFUL RELATIONSHIPS EDUCATION IN VICTORIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Victoria Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Melbourne, Victoria, AU: November 2009. Copyright © 2009 State of Victoria (Department of Education and Early Childhood Development).

SCHOOL CONNECTEDNESS: STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING PROTECTIVE FACTORS AMONG YOUTH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA: 2009.

SCHOOLS TRYING TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE, Susan Kinzie, Washington Post, Washington, DC: 2010. Copyright © 1996-2010 The Washington Post Company.

Sexual Assault Risk Reduction Curriculum, San Diego Police Department, San Diego, CA: 2001.

YOUTH AND CHILD ADVOCATE AND EDUCATOR MANUAL OF ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH, Vermont Network Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Montpelier, VT: October 2009.

 

 

STATISTICS

THE 2009 KIDS COUNT DATA BOOK: STATE PROFILES OF CHILD WELL-BEING, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD: 2009.

AMERICA'S CHILDREN: KEY NATIONAL INDICATORS OF WELL-BEING, 2009, Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, Washington, DC: July 2009.

NATIONAL INCIDENCE STUDY OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT (NIS-4), 2004-2009, Administration for Children & Families of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC: 2009.

The State of America’s Children 2004: A Continuing Portrait of Inequality Fifty Years After Brown versus Board of Education, Children’s Defense Fund, Washington, DC: July 13, 2004.

 

 

YOUTH VIOLENCE

ADOLESCENT VIOLENCE AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURY IN THE UNITED STATES, Susan Wile Schwarz, Facts for Policymakers, National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY: October 2009.

ANTIDOTE FOR CONFLICT; TREATING YOUTH VIOLENCE AS A HEALTH ISSUE, PEDIATRICIANS TECH KIDS HOW TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE, Scott Allen, Boston Globe, Boston, MA: April 3, 2006. Copyright © 2006 Globe Newspaper Company.

AN ASSESSMENT OF YOUTH VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES IN U.S.A., CITIES, Billie Weiss, Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center at the UCLA School of Public Health and Prevention Institute, Oakland, CA: June 2008.

MOVING FROM THEM TO US CHALLENGES IN REFRAMING VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH, Lori Dorfman and Lawrence Wallack, Berkeley Media Studies Group, Berkeley, CA: August 2009. Copyright © 2009 Berkeley Media Studies Group, a project of the Public Health Institute.

WORKING TOGETHER TO PREVENT YOUTH VIOLENCE, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA: August 2010.

 



 


 

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