Child Advocacy Centers

Resource Year Topic Type
Can nonforcible sex crimes be successfully prosecuted when victims are willing adolescents.
Walsh, W.A. & Wolak, J. (2005). Child Maltreatment, 10(3): 260-271. (CV105)
 2005 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
Child forensic interviewing in children’s advocacy centers: Empirical data on a practice model?
Cross, T. P., Jones, L. M., Walsh, W. A., Simone, M., and Kolko D. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31, 1031-1052. (CV 108)
 2007 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Children’s Advocacy Centers: Understanding of a phenomenon.
Simone, M., Cross, T. P., Jones, L. M. & Walsh, W. A. (2005). In K.A. Kendall-Tackett & Giacomoni, S. M. (Eds.), Child Victimization (pp. 22-…
 2005 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
Criminal investigations of child abuse: The research behind “best practices.” Trauma, Violence, & Abuse
Jones, L. M., Cross, T. P., Walsh, W. A., & Simone, M.
 2005 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
Developing New Knowledge for Effective Children’s Advocacy Centers: Employing the NCAtrak Data System for CAC Research
 The proposed research represents an innovative effort to link research with large-scale, standardized case data collection by the National Children’…
 Child Advocacy Centers Project
Developing Standardized Measures of Client Satisfaction in Investigations of Crimes against Children: The Investigation Satisfaction Scales (ISS) for Children and Parent
The goal of this project is to develop and test a measure of client satisfaction with investigations of crimes against children for use with children…
 2008, 2009 Child Advocacy Centers Project
Do Children’s Advocacy Centers improve families’ experiences of child abuse investigations?
Jones, L.M., Cross, T. P., Walsh, W. A., and Simone, M. Child Abuse & Neglect, 31, 1069-1085. (CV 124)
 2007 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Do Parents Blame or Doubt their Child More When Sexually Abused by Adolescents Versus Adults?
Walsh, W.A., Cross, T.P., & Jones, L.M. (2012). Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 27(3), 453-470. (CV230)
 2012 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
Evaluating children's advocacy centers' response to child sexual abuse.
Cross, T.P., Jones, L.M., Walsh, W.A., Simone, M., Kolko, D.J., Szczepanski, J., Lippert, T., Davison, K., Cryns, A., Sosnowski, P., Shadoin, A., and…
 2008 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs), Sexual Abuse Paper
How long to prosecute child sexual abuse for a community using a Children’s Advocacy Center and two comparison communities?
Walsh, W.A., Lippert T., Cross, T.P., Maurice, D. and Davison, K.Child Maltreatment, 31(1), 3-13. (CV162)
2008 Child Advocacy Centers Paper