2026

Resource Year Topic Type
Updated Trends in Child Maltreatment, 2024
New national data have been released for 2024, showing a 3% decline in the rate of all substantiated child abuse compared to 2023. Sexual abuse…
 2026 Trends In Child Victimization Bulletin
2026 VPRC Program Book
Violence Prevention Research Conference 2026 program book
 2026 Program Book
Beyond risk: Resilience portfolios and youth mental health.
Mitchell, K.J. & Banyard, V. (2026). Beyond risk: Resilience portfolios and youth mental health. BMC Public Health.
 2026 General Child Victimization Paper
Moderators of Mental Health Outcomes Following Childhood and Adolescent Image-Based Sexual Abuse.
Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Mitchell, K. J., Jones, L. M., Turner, H. A., & Finkelhor, D. (2025). Moderators of Mental Health Outcomes Following…
 2026 Technology/Internet Victimization Paper
Syndemic pathways linking juvenile delinquency, structural vulnerability, and mental health: Implications for exploitation risk.
Colburn, D. & Mitchell, K.J., Taylor, B. (2026). Syndemic pathways linking juvenile delinquency, structural vulnerability, and mental health:…
 2026 Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Vicarious Trauma Paper
Mapping help needs among sexual and gender minority youth at risk for commercial sexual exploitation: A network analysis.
Mitchell, KJ, O’Brien, J, Gewirtz-Meydan, A, Jones, LM, Colburn, D (2026). Mapping help needs among sexual and gender minority youth at risk for…
 2026 Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Paper
A brief screener to identify youth at risk for commercial sexual exploitation: Development and validation among sexual and gender minority youth.
Mitchell, K. J., O’Brien, J., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., Colburn, D., & Jones, L. M. (2026). A brief screener to identify youth at risk for commercial…
 2026 Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Paper
Many Teens Face Strong Peer Pressure to Share Sexual Images, Study Finds
Pearson, Catherine. "Many Teens Face Strong Peer Pressure to Share Sexual Images, Study Finds." The New York Times. 17 March 2026. https…
 2026 Technology/Internet Victimization News
Youth-Produced Images Are the Majority of Child Sexual Abuse Materials: Categories of Youth and Adult Perpetrators From a Victim Based Study
Finkelhor, D., Colburn, D., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., O’Brien, J. E., Jones, L. M., Turner, H. A., & Mitchell, K. J. (2026). Youth-Produced Images Are…
 2026 Technology/Internet Victimization Paper