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Are homeschooled kids at a higher risk of abuse? If so, what can we do to protect the kids who have left the public eye?

Learn about what causes youth problematic sexual behavior and what we can do to prevent it.

Why does child neglect so often recur, and how do risk factors, from early trauma and family stress to community conditions and public policy, interact to keep that cycle going?

Large language models (LLMs) might be useful in child abuse investigations.

What can we learn from patterns of technology use and adolescent suicide?

When it comes to medical child abuse, school nurses have a unique opportunity to monitor children for this hard-to-spot abuse.

How can jurors’ own experiences with child sexual abuse (CSA) shape their empathy, potential biases, and decisions in CSA cases—and what does this mean for fair, trauma-informed jury selection?

As kids turned to the internet during the pandemic, predators shifted their behaviors, too.

Compared to victims of other forms of child abuse, trafficked youth are more reluctant to confide in police officers or prosecutors.

When non-abused siblings find out their siblings were abused, it can take a toll on their mental health and familial relationships. While the abuse survivor and parents receive resources, siblings