Child Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference: For Healthcare, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals

Child Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference: For Healthcare, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals

Child Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference: For Healthcare, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals

Child Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference: For Healthcare, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals

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Overview

384 pages, 45 images, 52 contributors
Child Sexual Exploitation Quick Reference investigates exploitation from a medical, forensic, and legal perspective. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this pocket-sized child sexual exploitation book examines all of the medical implications for victims, and case studies provide insight into the lives of these "children of the night." Information on how perpetrators of these crimes operate, as well as guidelines for their successful prosecution and strategies for prevention, will empower those who seek child safety. Physicians, social service and law enforcement personnel, teachers, and all other professionals who work with children and families will find this reference invaluable.
This condensed version of the hard-bound edition of Child Sexual Exploitation is the perfect companion for all professionals who need a resource in the field. The resource contains information on how perpetrators of exploitation crimes operate and guidelines for their successful prosecution and strategies for prevention.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781878060495
Publisher: STM Learning, Inc.
Publication date: 01/15/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 384
File size: 10 MB

About the Author

Sharon W. Cooper is an adjunct professor of pediatrics at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Additionally, she is the executive director of Developmental Forensic Pediatrics, P. A., a consulting firm that provides clinical care for children with disabilities and victims of child maltreatment, and a forensic pediatrician at the Southern Regional Area Health Education Center, which provides forensic pediatric services for nine counties in North Carolina. Dr. Cooper is a registered and certified physician within the Child Medical Evaluation Program under the auspices of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been an annual presenter for the Children's Hospital Hackensack Medical Center and is an educator of Internet crimes against children for the National Center for Missing&Exploited Children in Alexandria, Virginia.
Richard Estes is a professor of social work at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He holds an AB degree from La Salle University in Philadelphia and graduate degrees in social work from the University of Pennsylvania (MSW) and the University of California at Berkeley. He also holds a post-masters certificate in Psychiatric Social Work from the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. At the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Estes serves as chair of the graduate concentration in SED. He is a former president of the GADE, and in 2003, he was elected president of the International Society For Quality of Life Studies for a two-year term. Currently, he is a member of the International Commission of the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Estes has received numerous awards and grants for his research on international social work and comparative social development, including two Fulbright-Hays Senior Research Awards.
Angelo Giardino is the medical director of Texas Children's Health Plan, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine, and an attending physician for the Texas Children's Hospital's forensic pediatrics service at the Children's Assessment Center in Houston, Texas. Dr. Giardino completed his residency and fellowship training in pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Immediately after his fellowship training, Dr. Giardino became the assistant, and then the associate, medical director at Health Partners of Philadelphia, where he had primary responsibility for utilization management, intensive case management, and health care data analysis. He also shared responsibility for the plan's quality improvement program.
Nancy Kellogg completed her MD, pediatrics residency, and pediatrics internship at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, where she is now a tenured professor of pediatrics. She is the medical director of the Alamo Children's Advocacy Center. Dr. Kellogg is a 2003 recipient of the Presidential Award for Clinical Excellence from the University of Texas Health Science Center, a 2000 nominee for the governor's office "Texas Woman of the Year" in Health Services, and, since 1999, a member of the honorary Ray Helfer Society. Approximately 200 physicians and nurses have received intensive child abuse training under her direction, and she has developed a formal weeklong curriculum through the current Children's Justice Act Grant to Texas. She is also a prolific writer and developer of sexual abuse multimedia training materials. Dr. Kellogg has authored over 70 publications.
Currently director of the American Prosecutors Research Institute's (APRI) National Child Protection Training Center at Winona State University, Victor Vieth graduated magna cum laude from Winona State University and earned his Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law. He has been named to the President's Honor Roll of American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. The Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association named him one of "21 Young Lawyers Leading Us Into the 21st Century." Vieth is the author of numerous articles pertaining to issues of child abuse and domestic violence. In 1997, Vieth joined the staff of the National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse. From 1997 to 1999, he worked there as a senior attorney, providing technical assistance and training to prosecutors around the country. In 1999, he became director of the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse.

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Victims and Offenders
3. Child Pornography
4. Prostitution of Children
5. Cyber-Enticement and Internet Travelers
6. Sex Tourism and Human Trafficking
7. Medical Issues
8. Principles of Investigation
9. Investigating Child Pornography
10. Investigating the Prostitution of Children
11. Investigating Cyber-Enticement
12. Legal Issues Specific to Pornography Cases
13. Legal Considerations in Prostitution Cases
14. Legal Approaches to Internet Cases
15. Support Services for Prostituted Children
16. AMBER Alert
17. Faith-Based and Rural Communities
18. Recommended Actions
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