Resources
Author
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
State University of New York Health Science
Center at Brooklyn
450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 49
Brooklyn, NY 11203–2098
718–245–4074
Supplemental Reading
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 1993 sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 42:RR–14, 1993.
Child Sexual Abuse: Report of the Twenty-Second Ross Roundtable on Critical Approaches to Common Pediatric Problems in Collaboration With the Ambulatory Pediatric Association. Ross Laboratories, 1991.
Evidence Collection Protocol. Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Emergency Management, Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services Program, 1990.
Hammerschlag MR. Sexually transmitted diseases in sexually abused children.
Advances in Pediatric Infectious Diseases
3:1–18, 1988.
Hammerschlag MR, Doraiswamy B, Alexander ER, et al. Are rectogenital chlamydial infections a marker of sexual abuse in children? Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 3:100–104, 1984.
Hammerschlag MR, Retting PJ, Shields ME. False positive results with the use of chlamydial antigen detection tests in the evaluation of suspected sexual abuse in children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 7:11–14, 1988.
Jenny C, Hooton TM, Bowers A, et al. Sexually transmitted diseases in victims of rape. New England Journal of Medicine 322:713–716, 1990.
Sexual Assault: A Hospital/Community Protocol for Forensic and Medical Examination. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime, 1985.
Understanding the Medical Diagnosis of Child Maltreatment: A Guide for Non-Medical Professionals. The American Humane Association, American Association for Protection of Children, 1989.
Whitcomb D. When the Victim Is a Child. 2d ed. U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 1992.
Whittington WL, Rice RJ, Biddle JW, et al. Incorrect identification of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from infants and children. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 7:3–10, 1988.
Organizations
Missing and Exploited Children’s Training Programs
Fox Valley Technical College
Criminal Justice Grants Department
P.O. Box 2277
1825 North Bluemound Drive
Appleton, WI 54914–2277
800–648–4966
920–735–4757 (fax)
dept.fvtc.edu/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 an intensive special training for local child investigative teams. Teams must include representatives from law enforcement, prosecution, social services, and (optionally) the medical field.
National Children’s Alliance (NCA)
1612 K Street NW., Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
800–239–9950
202–452–6001
202–452–6002 (fax)
www.nncac.org
Children’s Advocacy Centers (CAC’s) are community-based programs that bring together representatives from law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, mental health, and the medical community in multidisciplinary teams to address the investigation, treatment, and prosecution of child abuse cases. NCA, formerly the National Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, provides leadership and advocacy for these programs on a national level, including training and publications. The following four Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers work jointly with NCA, providing information, consultation, and training and technical assistance to help communities establish child-focused programs that facilitate and support coordination among agencies responding to child abuse.
- Midwest Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Midwest
Children’s Resource Center, St. Paul, MN, 888–422–2955,
651–220–6750.
- Southern Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Rainbow
City, Alabama, 800–747–8122, 256–413–3158.
- Northeast Regional Children’s Advocacy Center,
Philadelphia Children’s Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
800–662–4124, 215–387–9500.
- Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Lakewood, CO, 800–582–2203, 303–324–8953.
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)/Sexual Assault Response
Team
(SART)
www.sane-sart.com
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 http://puborder.ncjrs.org.
Recognizing When a Child’s Injury or Illness Is Caused by Abuse, NCJ 160938
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
Additional Resources
American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children
Washington, DC
202–662–1720
www.abanet.org/child/home.html
American Humane Association
Englewood, Colorado
800–227–4645
303–792–9900
www.americanhumane.org
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chicago, Illinois
312–464–5000
www.ama-assn.org
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC)
Oklahoma City, OK
405–271–8202
www.apsac.org
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
202–324–3000
www.fbi.gov
National Center for the Analysis of Violent
Crime
www.fbi.gov/hq/isd/cirg/ncavc.htm
Crimes Against Children Program
www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/cac/crimesmain.htm
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC)
Rockville, Maryland
800–638–8736
ojjdp.ncjrs.org/programs/ProgSummary.asp?pi=2
Kempe Children’s Center
Denver, Colorado
303–864–5252
www.kempecenter.org
Missing and Exploited Children’s Training Program
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, Wisconsin
800–648–4966
dept.fvtc.edu/ojjdp
National Association of Medical Examiners
St. Louis, Missouri
314–577–8298
www.thename.org
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Alexandria, Virginia
800–THE–LOST
703–274–3900
www.missingkids.com
National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
Alexandria, Virginia
703–549–9222
www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/ncpca/index.html
National Children’s Alliance
Washington, DC
800–239–9950
202–452–6001
www.nncac.org
National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
Washington, DC
800–394–3366
703–385–7565
nccanch.acf.hhs.gov
National SIDS Resource Center
Vienna, Virginia
703–821–8955
www.sidscenter.org
Prevent Child Abuse America
Chicago, Illinois
312–663–3520
www.preventchildabuse.org
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