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Child Abuse Studies

• Child Maltreatment 2001: Summary of Key Findings
• Beyond child protection: promoting mental health for children and families in the child welfare system.
  From Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2003 by Mary Bruce Webb, Brenda Jones Harden
• The Impact of Welfare Reform Policies on Child Protective Services: A National Study.
  From Journal of Social Issues, December 22 2000 by Diana Romero, Wendy Chavkin, Paul H. Wise
• Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect: Analysis and Recommendations
  Richard E. Behrman, Mary B. Larner, Carol S. Stevenson (from The Future of Children)
• Children at Risk: 1990-2000 Casey Foundation
• The Costs of Child Protection in the Context of Welfare Reform
  Mark E. Courtney (from The Future of Children)
• National Incidence Study of Child Abuse & Neglect

• Commentary on Child Protective Services
  by Douglas J. Besharov (from The Future of Children)

• Introduction to Child Abuse
  by Duncan Lindsey

• The Child Abuse "Industry"

• Suffer the Children: How government fails its most vulnerable citizens--abused and neglected kids
  by David Stoesz and Howard Jacob Karger (The Washington Monthly, 1996)

• Involvement of TANF Applicants with Child Protective Services  [pdf]
  Courtney, M.E., Piliavin, I., and Power, P.

• Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Early Brain Development  Children's Bureau

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