Resources

Resource Year Topic Type
Police reporting and professional help for child victims: A review
Finkelhor, D., Wolak, J., & Berliner, L. Child Maltreatment, 6(1): 17-30.
 2001 Child Advocacy Centers, NCAtrak Paper
Reporting Assaults Against Juveniles to the Police Barriers and Catalysts
Finkelhor, D. & Wolak, J. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18(2): 103-128.
 2003 Child Advocacy Centers, NCAtrak Paper
Using Child Advocacy Center Tracking Data to Examine Criminal Disposition Times
Walsh, W.A., Jones, L. M. & Swiecicki, C.C. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 23 (1), 198-216.
 2014 Child Advocacy Centers, NCAtrak 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
Which juvenile crime victims get mental health treatment?
Kopiec, K., Finkelhor, D., & Wolak, J. Child Abuse & Neglect. 28: 45–59.
 2004 Child Advocacy Centers, NCAtrak, General Child Victimization, Impacts of Child Victimization Paper
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
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
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
Telling interviewers about sexual abuse: Predictors of child disclosure at forensic interviews
Lippert-Luikart, T., Jones, L. M., & Walsh, W. A. Child Maltreatment, 14(4): 100-113. (CV 180)
 2009 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Non-offending caregiver and youth experiences with child sexual abuse investigations
Jones, L.M., Atoro, K.E., Cross, T.P., Walsh, W.A., Shadoin, A., & Magnuson, S. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(2): 291-314. (CV125)
 2010 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Prosecuting child sexual abuse: The importance of evidence type
Walsh, W., Jones, L.M., Cross, T.P., & Lippert, T. Crime & Delinquency, 56(3): 436-454. (CV175)
 2010 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Suspect confession of child sexual abuse to investigators
Lippert, T., Cross, T.P., Jones, L.M., & Walsh, W. Child Maltreatment, 15(2): 161-170. (CV202)
 2010 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Mental Health Professionals in Children's Advocacy Centers: Is there role conflict?
Cross, T.P., Fine, J.E., Jones, L.M, and Walsh, W.A. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 21:91-108. (CV226)
 2012 Child Advocacy Centers Paper
Prosecution of child abuse: A meta-analysis of rates of criminal justice decisions
Cross, T. P., Walsh, W. A., Simone, M., & Jones, L.M. Trauma, Violence and Abuse 4(4), 323-340. (CV79)
 2003 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
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
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
Police involvement in child protective services investigations.
Cross, T.P., Finkelhor, D. & Ormrod, R. (2005). Child Maltreatment, 10(3): 224-244. (CV83)
 2005 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) Paper
How the justice system responds to juvenile victims: A comprehensive model
Finkelhor, D., Cross, T.P., & Cantor, E. N. Juvenile Justice Bulletin - NCJ210951, (pgs. 1-12). Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice &…
 2006 Child Advocacy Centers, Multi-Site Evaluation of Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs), General Child Victimization 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
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