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Preventing Child Maltreatment
September 23, 2009
The Future of Children has released its latest publication, Preventing Child Maltreatment (Vol. 19, No. 2). Accompanying the journal is an Executive Summary and two related Policy Briefs.
Contributors to this volume present the best available research on policies and programs designed to prevent child abuse and neglect. They examine a gradual shift in the field of child maltreatment toward prevention and explore how insights into the risk factors for maltreatment can help target prevention efforts. They assess whether programs such as community-wide interventions, parenting programs, home-visiting, drug and alcohol treatment, and school-based educational programs on sexual abuse, can prevent maltreatment. They also explore how the Child Protective System might take a more active role in prevention.
Electronic copies of this volume are offered free of charge; please feel free to forward this email to interested colleagues. Authorization to photocopy articles is granted by The Future of Children. Reprinting is also allowed at no cost, so long as the journal article is properly given attribution. If you would like to purchase a print copy, please contact us at foc@princeton.edu.
Please join us for two events that will focus on findings from the volume:
- October 1, 2009, Brookings Institution, 8:30 A.M., Preventing Child Maltreatment
- November 13, 2009, Princeton University, 8am-3:30pm, “Preserving Child Maltreatment Prevention During a Time of Economic Crisis”
The Future of Children is a collaboration of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Brookings Institution. For more information, please visit www.futureofchildren.org. The Future of Children thanks the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for providing generous support for this volume.
