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The terms children and adolescents refer to persons under the age of 18 years of age. Adolescence is the period of human development when puberty begins as youngsters approach adulthood, usually starting between the ages of 11 and 13. This developmental period is characterized by major physiological and …
Children missing involuntarily because they are lost, injured, or stranded (classified as missing involuntary, lost, or injured, or MILI) and those missing for benign reasons (classified as missing benign explanation, or MBE) constitute a substantial number of missing children who do not fall neatly into the more conventional …
The term Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) represents a class of public and private agencies designed to serve as a hub of a coordinated community response to child maltreatment. While the model has its origins in the early efforts to create multidisciplinary child abuse investigative and/or assessment teams in …
Child sexual abuse is the use of a child for sexual gratification by an older or more powerful person. This involves touching as well nontouching behaviors, and includes, but is not limited to, penetration of a child’s vagina, mouth, or anus by penis, other body parts, or inanimate …
The child sexual abuse accommodation syndrome (CSAAS), identified by Roland C. Summit in 1983, describes a common disclosure pattern for victims of child sexual assault (CSA). The syndrome was developed on the basis of clinical observations of victims made by Summit and other treatment professionals. According to Summit, …
Chiswick Women’s Aid was one of the first refuges for women and children fleeing domestic violence to be established in the world. Thirty-five years ago, “wife battering” was seen as a private matter, a hidden and largely ignored problem. A woman and her children living with a violent …
Early leaders in the battered women’s movement consciously defined battering within a larger framework of gender subordination. Domestic violence and sexual assault were linked to discrimination against women in other contexts, including discrimination and harassment in the workplace, wage inequity, gender role stereotypes, and lack of social supports …
Clergy function as religious leaders in a wide variety of religious traditions. In order for them to be effective leaders and counselors, they must be trustworthy. Specifically this means they must not take advantage of the vulnerabilities of those they serve by crossing sexual and emotional boundaries. If …
The Clothesline Project is a public display of shirts created by survivors of intimate partner violence, where each shirt is decorated to tell the story of the woman’s experience. Displays of the Clothesline Project are generally held to provide public education on violence against women and to create …
Coerced sexual initiation is generally defined as the use of persistent coercive strategies (i.e., psychological and emotional manipulation, verbal persuasion, or physical tactics) to initiate sexual contact. Only the tactics and strategies used to initiate sexual contact are specified in this definition, as it does not apply to …
Coercive control involves the use of abusive behaviors to gain and maintain power and control over an intimate partner. These tactics are used frequently in daily interactions in an attempt to control the behaviors of the partner. Physical and sexual violence, or the potential for it, are typically …
There has long been concern about the detrimental impact of divorce on children. Although the research is inconsistent, there is evidence that children whose parents divorce may exhibit a wide range of poor adjustment outcomes compared to children whose families stay intact. The variability in research findings may …
Coined by Robert Sampson, Stephen Raudenbush, and Felton Earls, collective efficacy refers to mutual trust among neighbors combined with a willingness to act on behalf of the common good, specifically to supervise children and maintain public order. In communities where collective efficacy is high, neighbors interact with one …
From the nation’s earliest days U.S. leaders struggled over how to deal effectively with political disagreements. Many Americans feared that faction—what today would be called special interests—would distort the new republic, setting citizens against one another and encouraging attacks by hostile foreign powers. In April 1789 George Washington, …
The prazeros arose from Portuguese expansion in the late 15th century. Operating from the mercantile principle that wealth equals power, the Portuguese concentrated on a search for precious metals, especially gold and silver. After Vasco da Gama sailed from Portugal to India in 1498, Portugal sought to gain …
Public education has undergone a process of significant change because of religion, politics, economics, and immigration. The limited educational system in America led the first settlers, beginning in the New England colonies to push for an educational system similar to that of England. The northern, middle, and southern …
After ruling much of what is now Iran since 1501, the Safavid Empire was largely destroyed and occupied by invading Afghan tribes, who captured the imperial capital of Isfahan in 1722. Two years later, subsequent invasions by the Ottoman Empire and the Russians effectively ended centralized Safavid rule …
Emperor Qianlong was the fourth ruler of the Qing (Ch’ing) dynasty. He abdicated after 60 years on the throne so that his reign would not be longer than that of his revered grandfather Emperor Kangxi (K’anghsi). The Qing dynasty reached its zenith under him, as he was a …
The Qing dynasty (1644–1911) was the last of 24 dynasties in Chinese history and one of the most successful. The transition from its predecessor the Ming dynasty, was one of the least disruptive in Chinese history. In the territory it controlled the Qing was the second largest in …
Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the son of an English sea captain, joined the British East India Company as a clerk in 1795 and was sent to Asia in 1805. When the Netherlands became part of Napoleon I’s empire, Dutch overseas possessions became a prize in the Anglo-French struggle. …
