Crimes against Children Research Center
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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Finkelhor, D. (2025). Meta-Analysis and Crossnational Comparisons of Sexual Violence Against Children. JAMA pediatrics.
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Mitchell, K. J., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., O'Brien, J. E., & Ein-Dor, T. (2024). Exposure to child sexual abuse materials among law enforcement inv...
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Current Projects
This study assesses and documents the extent that law enforcement has been changing practices to child sex trafficking investigations.
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This study aims to gain a better understanding of new threats, problems, and concerns encountered by law enforcement.
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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...
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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...
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The study used an intensive, mixed-methods approach to develop a comprehensive youth bias crime violence exposure instrument, the Youth Bias Victimiza...
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