Abstract Background States in the United States (US) have passed and enacted legislation
for the purpose of preventing child sexual abuse (CSA) since 2000, but it is unknown …

Within the US, children and adolescents who engage in sexually abusive behavior are often
subjected to sex offender registration and notification requirements, which contribute to …

Purpose: This paper presents a re-analysis of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data
System (NCANDS) data presented by Briggs et al.(2022). Methods: We review five …

We examined the effects of child race, perpetrator race, and abuse disclosure status (within
the context of a formal forensic interview) on abuse substantiation outcomes. Specifically, we …

After the United States Civil War, during Reconstruction, Southern states targeted Black
youth and men for incarceration and forced labor, often charging them with rape, spawning …

Drawing from critical race theory, 1 race-conscious medicine calls for attention to racism
rather than race as a determinant of illness and health. 2 Medicine has progressed toward …

One of the challenges facing child welfare services (CWS) in Sweden is offering equal
services to all children in need of protection and support. International research has …

Context Lack of access to food is a significant concern for child well-being, and it creates
many health disparities and adverse social outcomes. Food insecurity and its many …

There is a growing recognition within research literature on child sexual abuse (CSA)
globally that the experiences of men and boy victim-survivors are profoundly gendered and …

Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a prevalent traumatic experience worldwide. The negative
effects of CSA can put children on a trajectory where they are likely to experience later …