Child Abuse and Neglect
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Child Abuse and Neglect is the official publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN). It is published monthly and provides an international, multidisciplinary forum on all aspects of child abuse and neglect with a special emphasis on prevention and treatment. Recent articles include: : Describing Maltreatment: Do Child Protective Service Reports and Research Definitions Agree?; Do Allegations of Emotional Maltreatment Predict Developmental Outcomes Beyond That of Other Forms of Maltreatment?; And Defining Child Neglect Based On Child Protective Services Data.

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
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This journal features original articles that focus on clinical social work practice with children, adolescents and their families. The journal addresses current issues in the field of social work drawn from theory, direct practice, research and social policy, as well as problems affecting specific populations in special settings. Recent articles include: Mentoring Improves Acceptance of a Community Intervention For Court-Referred Male Persons in Need of Supervision (PINS); Factors Contributing to Parents' Preparation For Special-Needs Adoption; and Relationships with Non-Parental Adults and Child Behavior.

Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, Journal of
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The Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse addresses the treatment of substance abuse in all ages of children. The journal serves as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of information to the many practitioners and researchers working with these young people. It is an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of information on clinical and investigative efforts concerning the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent substance abuse. Recent articles include: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Parental Bonds, Parental Drug Use, and Self-Control on Adolescent Substance Use; and The Abuse Liability of Dextromethorphan Among Adolescents: A Review.

Child Custody, Journal of
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The Journal of Child Custody is a scholarly journal, published quarterly, and developed for caseworkers, child psychologists, family therapists, lawyers, judges, mediators, and child advocates. Topics include access and visitation; parenting; co-parenting; step-parenting; assessment and interviewing; alienation and estrangement; mediation; conducting child custody research; legal issues; expert witness testimony; ethical principles and challenges; forensic versus clinical roles; child-centered evaluations; high conflict cases; domestic violence cases; substance abuse cases and move-away cases. Recent articles include: Ethical Issues in Child Custody and Dependency Cases: Enduring Principles and Emerging Challenges; Incorporating the Principles of Scientifically Based Child Interviews into Family Law Cases; and Child Protection and Child Custody: Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Other Issues of Child Protection; and Parental Alienation in Light of Attachment Theory: Consideration of the Broader Implications for Child Development, Clinical Practice, and Forensic Process.

Child Development
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Child Development is the bi-monthly Journal of the Society for Research in Child Development which has published articles, essays, reviews, and tutorials on various topics in the field of child development since 1930. Spanning many disciplines, the journal provides the latest research, not only for researchers and theoreticians, but also for child psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric social workers, specialists in early childhood education, educational psychologists, special education teachers and other researchers. Recent articles include: Mutual Influence of Marital Conflict and Children's Behavior Problems: Shared and Nonshared Family Risks; Single Mothers' Employment Dynamics and Adolescent Well-Being; and Modifications in Children's Goals When Encountering Obstacles to Conflict Resolution. Note: In addition to six issues per year of Child Development, subscribers to the journal also receive a full subscription to Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Monographs publishes major reports of developmental research that consist of significant new findings and explore recent issues and controversies in the field of child development. More information is available at the Society for Research in Child Development Website, www.srcd.org.

Child and Family Law Quarterly
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Based in England, Child and Family Law Quarterly is an international multidisciplinary journal covering all aspects of child and family law. Its mission is to provide a forum for the publication of high quality research material, analysis and commentary, to influence policy and to promote debate. Recent articles include: Judicial Discretion and Methods of Ascertaining the Views of a Child; 'Working Together?' - Admissions of Abuse in Child Protection Proceedings and Criminal Prosecutions; and Turn down the Volume? - Not Hearing Children in Family Proceedings.

Child and Family Social Work
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This journal contains original and distinguished contributions on matters of research, theory, policy and practice in the field of social work with children and their families. Recent articles include: What Changes in 'Parenting' Approaches Occur Over the Course of Adolescent foster care placements?; Families on the Brink: the Effectiveness of Family Support Services; Adoption: Changing Families, Changing Time; and: Child Welfare: Historical Dimensions, Contemporary Debate.

Child and Family Studies, Journal of
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The Journal of Child and Family Studies is the international forum for topical issues pertaining to the mental well-being of children, adolescents, and their families. The journal publishes research developments into practical applications for clinicians and healthcare practitioners by addressing all facets of emotional disorders, including issues associated with identification, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. It contains original articles that detail basic and applied research, program evaluation, service delivery, and policy issues on emotional or behavioral disorders, child abuse and neglect, respite care, foster care, mental health care financing, homelessness, family stress, AIDS, and substance abuse, among other timely topics. Recent articles include: Female Juvenile Offenders: Defining an Early-Onset Pathway for Delinquency; Mothers' and Fathers' Psychological Symptoms and Marital Functioning: Examination of Direct and Interactive Links with Child Adjustment; and Assessment of Parenting Practices Related to Conduct Problems: Development and Validation of the Management of Children's Behavior Scale.

Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research
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Childhood is a major international and interdisciplinary quarterly journal which publishes articles, reviews and scholarly comment on theoretical issues which aim to foster increased awareness and understanding of the research on children's culture, economics, language, health and social networks, with an emphasis on their rights and position in society. Each issue of the journal draws on work from a variety of disciplines concerned with the study of children and childhood. Recent articles include: Why Won't They Listen to Us?: On Giving Power and Voice to Children Participating in Social Research; Relational Discourses: Social Ties with Family and Friends; and Tacit Notions of Childhood: An Analysis of Discourse About Child Participation in Decision-Making Regarding Arrangements in Cases of Parental Divorce.

Children's Health Care
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Developed for researchers and practitioners interested in promoting health care policies, programs, and practices responsive to the psychosocial needs of children and their families, this journal publishes empirically-based articles addressing theoretical, clinical, programmatic, training, and professional practice issues relevant to the family-centered, developmental, and psychosocial aspects of children's health care. Recent articles include: Violence Exposure, Somatic Complaints, and Health Care Utilization in a Pediatric Sample; Can Maternal Self-Assessed Health and Emotionality Predict Maternal Response to Child Illness; and Pediatric Adherence: Conceptual and Methodological Considerations.

Child Language, Journal of
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The Journal of Child Language is published 3 times per year and offers an international range of authors and breadth of coverage to allow the journal to forge links between many different areas of research including psychology, linguistics, cognitive science and anthropology. This interdisciplinary approach spans a wide range of interests: phonology, phonetics, morphology, syntax, vocabulary, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, or any other recognized facet of language study. Recent articles include: Phonotactic Probabilities in Young Children's Speech Production; Discussing Those Not Present: Comprehension of References to Absent Caregivers; and Do Children's Omissions Leave Traces?

Child Maltreatment
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This is the quarterly journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) that provides common ground for practitioners, policy makers and researchers from a variety of disciplines. The journal creates an important synthesis of contributions in science, theory, practice and policy issues. Fields represented include: Law, Social Work, Law Enforcement, Child Protection, Medicine, Psychology, Research, and Prevention. It covers a wide variety of disciplines and every aspect of child maltreatment: prevention, intervention and treatment of neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse and psychological maltreatment. Recent articles include: Family Connections: A Program for Preventing Child Neglect; Toward a Definition of Neglect in Young Children; and The Role of Fathers in Risk for Physical Child Abuse and Neglect: Possible Pathways and Unanswered Questions.

Child Psychiatry and Human Development
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Child Psychiatry and Human Development is an interdisciplinary international journal serving the groups represented by child and adolescent psychiatry, clinical child/pediatric/family psychology, pediatrics, social science, and human development. The journal publishes research on diagnosis, assessment, treatment, epidemiology, development, advocacy, training, cultural factors, ethics, policy, and professional issues as related to clinical disorders in children, adolescents, and families. The journal publishes peer-reviewed original empirical research, including case studies, in addition to substantive and theoretical reviews. Recent Articles include: Divorce and Children's Adjustment Problems at Home and School: The Role of Depressive/Withdrawn Parenting; Maternal Negative Affect and Perceptions of "Problem Children" in the Family; and Emotional Reasoning and Parent-Based Reasoning in Normal Children.

Child Sexual Abuse, Journal of
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The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse is interdisciplinary and provides an essential interface for researchers, academicians, attorneys, clinicians, and practitioners. The journal advocates for increased networking in the sexual abuse field, greater dissemination of information and research, a higher priority for this international epidemic, and development of effective assessment, intervention, and prevention programs.

Children & Society
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A multidisciplinary publication intended for all of those who work with and for children - as practitioners, managers, researchers, teachers or concerned individuals - about significant developments and research findings as they affect the lives of children and young people. Topics cover Children and the courts; Early years of childhood; Child health; Education; Children's rights; Child care law; Child protection; Children and young people with disabilities, and others. Recent articles include: Raising the Issue of Domestic Abuse in School; and Peer Violence in Children's Residential Care.

Child and Youth Care Forum
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Child & Youth Care Forum (formerly Child & Youth Care Quarterly) is an independent, professional publication committed to the improvement of child and youth care practice in a variety of day and residential settings and to the advancement of this field. Designed to serve child and youth care practitioners, their supervisors, and other personnel in child and youth care settings as well as instructors in the field, the journal provides a channel of communication and debate including material on practice, selection and training, theory and research, and professional issues. Recent articles include: Typologies and Outcomes for Foster Children; Homeless Children: Needs and Services; and Paradoxes of Treatment in Juvenile Corrections.

Children, Youth and Environments
(Formerly, Children's Environments: theory, research, policy and applications)
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Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) is a refereed journal and multidisciplinary and international network dedicated to improving the lives of young people. The journal targets researchers, policy makers and professionals and is guided by a distinguished Editorial Advisory Board. Note: Access is free thanks to funding from the National Science Foundation and the University of Colorado.

Child & Youth Services
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Child & Youth Services provides a forum for both scholars and youth service providers. Each issue, with its own unique thematic approach, provides in-depth coverage of a particular area of interest in the field. As such, the journal provides text material for use in relevant courses where such a resource is not otherwise readily available. In practice, Child & Youth Services is widely used to update those already working in the areas covered, and to illuminate new perspectives for colleagues throughout the field. Topics include Family Perspectives in Child and Youth Services; Helping the Youthful Offender: Individual and Group Therapies That Work; Specialist Foster Family Care. Recent articles include: Radical Pragmatism: Prevention and Intervention with Girls in Conflict with the Law; Moving to Youth Care Family Work in Residential Programs: A Supervisor's Perspective on Making the Transition; and From Front Line to Family Home: A Youth Care Approach to Working with Families.

Children And Youth Services Review: An International
Multidisciplinary Review of the Welfare of Young People
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This is an important interdisciplinary monthly journal that publishes critical scholarship regarding service programs for children and youth. It contains full-length articles, current research, policy notes, and book reviews. Recent topics include child welfare, foster care, adoptions, child abuse and neglect, income support, mental health services and social policy. Recent articles include: Reforming the Child Welfare System: Competing Paradigms of Change; Improving Practice: Child Protection As a Systems Problem; and Assessing Parenting Capacity in a Child Welfare Context.

Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Journal of
(Formerly published as Journal of Clinical Child Psychology)
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The Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (JCCAP) is the official journal of the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (Division 53), American Psychological Association. It publishes original contributions on the following topics: (a) development and evaluation of assessment and intervention techniques for use with clinical child and adolescent populations; (b) studies on the development and maintenance of clinical child and adolescent problems; (c) studies focusing on cross-cultural and sociodemographic issues that have a clear bearing on clinical child and adolescent psychology in terms of theory, research, or practice; and (d) training and professional practice in clinical child and adolescent psychology, as well as child advocacy. Recent articles include: Children's Responses to Conflict Between Their Different Parents: Mothers, Stepfathers, Nonresident Fathers, and Nonresident Stepmothers; Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones, but Names Will Make Me Feel Sick: The Psychosocial, Somatic, and Scholastic Consequences;; and The Psychobiology of Children Exposed to Marital Violence.

Communication Research
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Communication Research publishes articles that explore the processes, antecedents, and consequences of communication in a broad range of societal systems. These include: mass media; interpersonal; health; political; new technology; organization; intercultural and family. It serves as the international forum aimed at the academic or professional interested in current research in communication and its related fields. Articles provide a mullti-disciplinary perspective which contributes to a greater understanding of communication processes and outcomes via high quality rigorous, empirical analysis and research. Recent Articles include: Imitating Life, Imitating Television: The Effects of Family and Television Models on Children's Moral Reasoning; Vulnerable Teens, Vulnerable Times: How Sensation Seeking, Alienation, and Victimization Moderate the Violent Media Content-Aggressiveness Relation; and Developmental Changes in Infants' and Toddlers' Attention to Television Entertainment.

Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal
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Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal presents the latest developments in theory, research and practice pertaining to family therapy with an emphasis on examining families within the broader socio-economic and ethnic matrices of which families and their members are a part. Demonstrating that the therapeutic relationship is most effective when family, individual, and society are seen as interacting systems, the journal examines essential factors which include family value systems, social class, and racial, religious, and ethnic backgrounds. Recent articles include: Parent-Child Relationships During The Divorce Process; Experiences of Mandated Reporting Among Family Therapists: A Qualitative Analysis; and Family-of-Origin Predictors of Hostile Conflict In Early Marriage.

Contemporary Juvenile Justice, Journal of
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The Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice provides a forum that is open to a diverse variety of fields and contains contributions from leading researchers and scholars. The range of issues include courts; criminal justice; administration; corrections; economics; history; law and legal studies; political science; police studies; psychology; public policy; sociology and social work. Recent articles include: The Effect of Megan's Law On Sex Offender Reintegration; Studying Youth Gangs: Alternative Methods and Conclusions; and Maybe We Shouldn't Study "Gangs": Does Reification Obscure Youth Violence Note: Each Issue of the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice Is Guest-Edited By An Expert In the Topic Being Studied.

Criminal Justice Policy Review
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Criminal Justice Policy Review iis a multidisciplinary journal publishing articles written by scholars and professionals committed to the study of criminal justice policy through experimental and non-experimental approaches. The journal publishes articles, essays, research notes, interviews, and book reviews. Special features include commentaries, transcripts of significant panels or meetings, position papers, and legislation. Recent articles include: Megan's Law: Evaluations of Sexual Offender Registries; Who Do You Refer? The Effects of a Policy Change on Juvenile Referrals; and, Do Family Courts Administer Individualized Justice in Delinquency Cases?

Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society
(Formerly The Justice Professional)
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Previously published under the title The Justice Professional, this journal is produced by Long Island University at its CW Post campus in Brookville, NY, in conjunction with over 60 National and International Universities and related organizations. It is a refereed journal, published quarterly, and includes articles that deal with substantive criminal justice and criminological issues; matters of public policy as well as public affairs issues. It also features literature reviews, research notes and summary reports of innovative research projects. Recent articles include: Child Sexual Abuse: A Public Health Issue; and Reconsidering the Leading Myths of Stranger Child Abduction.