THE FIELD CENTER
for Children's Policy, Practice & Research

Current Issues in Child Welfare

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White Paper, Motorola, Inc.
The Value of Real-Time Data in Human Service Delivery

White Paper
The Tipping Point of Child Welfare Systems: Decision Making, Information, and Risk Assessment
by Richard J. Gelles, Ph.D. & Betty Kim, MSW
School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey

by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Director, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Heather Turner, Ph.D., Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Richard Ormrod, Ph.D., Research Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sewanee, University of the South; and Kristen Kracke, M.S.W., Safe Start Initiative Coordinator and Program Manager, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Violence, Abuse, and Crime Exposure in a National Sample of Children and Youth

Pediatrics, Volume 124, Number 5, November 2009

by David Finkelhor, Ph.D., Director, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Heather Turner, Ph.D., Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Richard Ormrod, Ph.D., Research Professor, Crimes against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire; Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D., Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Sewanee, University of the South