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Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. 

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An opportunity to address the most common form of family violence: Sibling aggression
Whitworth, T. R., & Tucker, C. J. (2023). NCFR Report: Family Focus. https://www.ncfr.org/ncfr-report/winter-2023/opportunity-address-most-common-... Learn More
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse materials exposure and mental health factors among investigators and forensic examiners – A network analysis
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Kimberly J. Mitchell, Jennifer E. O'Brien,
Trauma behind the keyboard: Exploring disparities in child sexual abuse ... Learn More

Current Projects

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Trends and New Directions in the Law Enforcement Response to the Sex Trafficking of Minors: A Nationally Representative Study (LEA-CST)
This study assesses and documents the extent that law enforcement has been changing practices to child sex trafficking investigations. Learn More
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The Fourth National Survey of Internet & Technology Facilitated Child Exploitation (N-JOV4)
This study aims to gain a better understanding of new threats, problems, and concerns encountered by law enforcement. Learn More
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Hate Crime Investigations and Offender Profiles: A National Survey of U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies
Funded by: National Institute of Justice, award 2018-MU-MU-0029. This study aims to provide the public with better information about hate crimes, hel... Learn More
National Incidence Study of Missing, Abducted, Runaway and Thrownaway Children in America (NISMART 1)
Funded by: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency and Prevention. U.S. Department of Justice, award 2017-MC-FX-K011. The principal goal of NISMAR... Learn More
The Youth Bias Victimization Questionnaire (YBVQ)
The study used an intensive, mixed-methods approach to develop a comprehensive youth bias crime violence exposure instrument, the Youth Bias Victimiza... Learn More

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