Domestic Violence
Chadwick Center for Children and Families, 2008
This document is a resource for service providers who work with Latino families who have experienced traumatic events. The authors cover 12 policy areas, including assessment, therapy, organizational competence, and policy, with an overview of issues, recommendations for improving practice, and resources for each area.
O'Keefe, M. and Lebovics, S., The Prevention Researcher, 12 (1), 2005, p. 3-7
The authors of this article discuss common reactions by adolescents who witness interparental violence and some of the ways in which exposure may impede their development. Compared to youth from non-violent homes, adolescent witnesses have higher rates of aggression, more fatalistic views of the future, and increased risk for delinquency, school truancy and other risky behaviors.
Davies, J., 2009
Sowers, K.M. and Rowe, W., Special Issue on Children, Violence and Mental Health, 4 (1), 2008
In this issue, the authors discuss research findings from the five year national process and outcome evaluation of the Safe Start Demonstration communities, and from innovative research projects designed and executed by six demonstration sites. Topics include service recommendations, building resiliency, crisis intervention for exposure to intimate partner violence, role of law enforcement and other service sectors, and recommendations for mental health systems.
Family Violence Prevention Fund
The authors of this online curriculum provide resources to help batterer intervention programs help fathers who have perpetrated family violence relate to their children in positive ways. Topics include background information, cultural and parenting issues, staff training activities, evaluations of pilot programs, exercises on empathy, modeling, and the reparative process, personal stories, downloadable guides, and other tools. Available in English and Spanish.
Taggart, S., 2009
In this guide, published by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the authors provide strategies for developing effective Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being in domestic violence cases, and to identify technical assistance needs. Topics include current research on the differential impact of exposure to domestic violence on children, potential PIP strategies, process and practice measures, indicators, and system factors.
Bragg, H.L., 2003
In this practice manual, published by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the author provides concrete strategies for identifying and responding to situations in which children are exposed to domestic violence. Topics include information about the overlap between child maltreatment and domestic violence, conducting an initial screening, practice guidelines for family assessment, practice modifications, enhancing safety, and building collaborative responses.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 57 (1), Winter 2006
In this special issue, written in collaboration with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the authors examine child trauma as it affects both dependency and delinquency issues that come before the court. Topics include the impact of trauma on child development, pathways from child maltreatment to delinquency and the role of the family court judge, trauma-informed custody decisions, supporting children in the child welfare and juvenile court systems, trauma interventions and systems change in rural areas.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 59 (4) Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 2008
This special issue, written in collaboration with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, builds on the 2006 special issue on Child Trauma. In both issues, the authors focus on the impact that trauma has on children and families, and how trauma affects the experience of children and youth who come before the court. Topics include a systems integration approach to helping children heal from trauma, a court response to children who have been traumatized, best practices, obtaining information from children, and how to maintain emotional health while working with trauma.
Research and Training Center on Family Support and Children's Mental Health, Focal Point: Research, Policy, and Practice in Children's Mental Health: Traumatic Stress/Child Welfare, 21 (1), Winter 2007, p. 27-30
The authors of this article argue that public policy decisions play a pivotal role in prevention, service, and treatment efforts for children who have been affected by traumatic events, and that good public policy requires strong collaborative relationships among policy leaders, affected families, and all those who work with traumatized children. Topics include need for information at the systems level, policy implications, and current policy issues.
Georgia State Department of Human Resources, 2007
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, 2002
The authors of this information packet provide an introduction to the issue of children's exposure to intimate partner violence. Topics include effects of intimate partner violence on children, co-occurrence of intimate partner violence and child abuse, parenting practices of victims and perpetrators, collaborations between domestic violence and child protection agencies, effective interventions, and resources.
Vuong, L., Silva, F., Marchionna, S., Focus, 2009
The authors of this article review the research through 2007 about the types of violence and the effects on children and what programs might mitigate the trauma in both the short and long term. They include a list of promising prevention and intervention programs to break the cycle of violence.
Jaffe, P.G., Crooks, C.V., Poisson, S.E., Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Fall 2003, p. 57-68
National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
Emery, C.R., 2006
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
Maze, C., Aaron, S.M., Lederman, C.S., 2005
In this handbook, published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the authors describe the development, implementation, and lessons learned by an initiative to address co-occurring domestic violence and child maltreatment in a dependency court setting. Contents include the creation of the program, a comprehensive review of daily operations and interventions, and the value of domestic violence advocacy in dependency court.
B. Groves, 2007
Focal Point: Research, Policy, and Practice in Children's Mental Health, 21, (1) Winter (Special Issue on Traumatic Stress/Child Welfare), p. 16-18
This issue of Focal Point is devoted to child traumatic stress, particularly as it is found among children and adolescents involved with the child welfare system, and examines current knowledge about the most effective treatments. Articles include Traumatic Stress and the Child Welfare System, Evidence-Based Treatment for Children in Child Welfare, and Early Intervention as Prevention: Addressing Trauma in Young Children.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, (56) August 10, 2007
The authors report the recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, which in 2004-2006 conducted a systematic review of published scientific evidence and concluded that universal school-based programs decrease rates of violence and aggressive behavior among school-aged children at all levels. Topics include background, method, results, and use of the recommendations in schools and communities.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2005
Youcha, V.,Hudson, L., and Rappaport, D.M.,The Baby Monitor: Zero To Three Policy and Advocacy News, April 3, 2006
In this issue, the authors describe Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers, a pilot project launched in three communities in 2005. Participating judges partner with a child development specialist to create a team of child welfare and health professionals, child advocates and community leaders who provide services to abused and neglected infants and toddlers.
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2009
Johnson, K. and Rosenthal, J., 2009
Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
In this annual report, the authors present current statistics on the nature of crime and responses to violence in schools and school environments.Contents include interviews with students, teachers, and principals.
Perry, D.F. and Kauffman, R.K., 2009
Baker, L. and Cunningham, A., 2005
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 2008
Ray, R., 2006
In this report, published by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute and the National Coalition for the Homeless, the author explains why so many LGBT youth are becoming and remaining homeless. Topics include a review of the literature, description of the violence many of these youth experience in the shelter system, the impact of the federal government's response, model service agencies, and policy recommendations.
Birman, D., Ho, J., Pulley, E.,Batia, K., Everson, M.L., Ellis, H., Betancourt, T.S., Gonzalez, A, 2005
Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2004
assessing and responding to domestic violence in child health settings. The information is divided into four parts: 1)
overview of the impact of domestic violence on children and adolescents; 2) dilemmas that providers may encounter in discussing domestic violence with parents; 3) guidelines for inquiry and response; and 4) recommendations for creating a clinical environment that effectively responds to domestic violence.
Knitzer, J., 2000
Portune, L.L., Gatowski, S., Dobbin, S., 2009
The authors of this bulletin examine four questions related to adolescent victimization: (1) what are the immediate effects on the victim; (2) how is adolescent victimization related to certain voluntary and involuntary problems in both adolescence and adulthood; (3) is adolescent victimization related to specific problems in adulthood; and (4) how does adolescent victimization affect adult life?
Cooper, J.L., Masi, R., Vick, J., 2009
This brief, published by the National Center for Children in Poverty, outlines the risks faced by young children with social, emotional, and behavioral problems in the foster care system. Topics include the needs of young children, family environmental risk factors, the influence of race and ethnicity, practice barriers, and policy recommendations.
Gallopin, C., and Leigh, L., Prevention Researcher, 16 (1), 2009, p. 17-20
National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2004
McCurley, C. and Snyder, H.N., Juvenile Justice Bulletin, July 2004
The authors of this report present data on victims of violent juvenile crime obtained from the National Incident-Based Reporting System for 1997 and 1998. Nineteen percent of the victims of nonfatal violent crimes were victimized by a juvenile offender, and most victims were juveniles, and nearly all victims know the offender.
Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, Ontario, Canada, 2006
This study is a collaborative effort of the London Police Service and the Centre for Children and Family's Child Witness Project. Researchers reviewed hundred of case files from a three-year period, and interviewed 17 young people (and their parents) who experienced or witnessed peer violence. The authors describe the key findings of this study, from the decision by a young victim to report the crime through to sentencing in court. The report includes recommendations for schools, police, prosecutors, and those who help young witnesses prepare for court.
Cox, H., Boburka, M., Nick, C., Ryce, C., Ryce, D., Sessions, P., Wetterling, P., 2004
Barth, R. and Haskins, R., Future of Children Policy Brief, Fall 2009
In this policy brief, the authors present a strategy for testing community-developed parent training initiatives in order to generate knowledge of the feasibility of different approaches to reducing child maltreatment and promoting child development.
