Role of Protective Services

• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children
• Rob Geen, Shelley Waters Boots, Karen C. Tumlin (The Urban Institute)
• Past, Present, and Future Roles of Child Protective Services
  Patricia A. Schene (from The Future of Children)
• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children (February 2001)
• The Cost of Protecting Vulnerable Children II (February 2001)
• Rethinking the Paradigm for Child Protection
  Jane Waldfogel (from The Future of Children)
• How We Can Better Protect Children from Abuse and Neglect: Four Commentaries
  Douglas J. Besharov, Marcia Robinson Lowry, Leroy H. Pelton, Michael W. Weber (from The Future of Children)
• Child Protection at the Crossroads: Child Abuse, Child Protection, and Recommendations for Reform
  By Susan Orr, Ph.D.
• Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse (OJJDP)
• Child Abuse Reported to the Police (OJJDP)
• Child Victims and the Criminal Justice System
• Child Abuse: Threat or Menace - How Common is it Really?
  (Douglas J. Besharov with Jacob W. Dembosky, Op-Ed in Slate: Oct. 3, 1996)