Organizations

General

Missing and Exploited Children's Training Programs
Fox Valley Technical College
Criminal Justice Department
P.O. Box 2277
1825 North Bluemound Drive
Appleton, WI 54913-2277
800-648-4966
920-735-4757 (fax)
Internet: www.foxvalley.tec.wi.us/ojjdp

Participants are trained in child abuse and exploitation investigative techniques, covering the following areas:

  • Recognition of signs of abuse.


  • Collection and preservation of evidence.


  • Preparation of cases for prosecution.


  • Techniques for interviewing victims and offenders.


  • Liability issues.

Fox Valley also offers intensive special training for local child investigative teams. Teams must include representatives from law enforcement, prosecution, social services, and (optionally) the medical field. Participants take part in hands-on team activity involving:

  • Development of interagency processes and protocols for enhanced enforcement, prevention, and intervention in child abuse cases.


  • Case preparation and prosecution.


  • Development of the team's own interagency implementation plan for improved investigation of child abuse.

National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI)
99 Canal Center Plaza, Suite 510
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-739-0321
703-549-6259 (fax)

The National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse is a nonprofit and technical assistance affiliate of APRI. In addition to research and technical assistance, the Center provides extensive training on the investigation and prosecution of child abuse and child deaths. The national trainings include timely information presented by a variety of professionals experienced in the medical, legal, and investigative aspects of child abuse.

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

American SIDS Institute
2480 Windy Hill Road, Suite 380
Marietta, GA 30067
800-232-7437
770-612-1030 (local)

Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs
c/o Minnesota SIDS Center
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55404
800-808-7437
612-813-6285 (local)

Center for Infant and Child Loss
University of Maryland School of Medicine
630 West Fayette Street, Room 5-684
Baltimore, MD 21201
800-808-SIDS
410-706-5062 (local)

Federal SIDS Program
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Maternal and Child Health
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resource Development
Parklawn Building, Room 18A-39
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
301-443-2115

National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center
2070 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182
703-821-8955, ext. 249
703-821-2098 (fax)

SIDS Alliance
1314 Bedford Avenue
Suite 210
Baltimore, MD 21208
800-221-7437
410-653-8226 (local)

Southwest SIDS Research Institute, Inc.
Brazosport Memorial Hospital
100 Medical Drive
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
800-245-7437
979-299-2814 (local)

Other Titles in This Series

Currently there are 12 other Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse. To obtain a copy of any of the guides listed below (in order of publication), contact the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse by telephone at 800-638-8736 or e-mail at puborder@ncjrs.org.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual Abuse, NCJ 160940

Photodocumentation in the Investigation of Child Abuse, NCJ 160939

Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse, NCJ 161235

Battered Child Syndrome: Investigating Physical Abuse and Homicide, NCJ 161406

Interviewing Child Witnesses and Victims of Sexual Abuse, NCJ 161623

Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, NCJ 161841

Criminal Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse, NCJ 162426

Burn Injuries in Child Abuse, NCJ 162424

Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse, NCJ 162425

Understanding and Investigating Child Sexual Exploitation, NCJ 162427

Forming a Multidisciplinary Team To Investigate Child Abuse, NCJ 170020

Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children, NCJ 170021