NCJ Number
178756
Date Published
1999
Length
623 pages
Annotation
This volume contains the proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on Crimes Against Children presented by the Dallas Police Department and the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, August 2-5, 1999, in Dallas, Texas.
Abstract
The conference included a tour of the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and presentations and workshops on more than 70 different topics. The notebook contains materials from most of the workshops, where participants reviewed, among other subjects: (1) The Law Enforcement Response to Missing and Exploited Children; (2) Termination of Parental Rights in Child Abuse and Neglect; (3) Establishing a Children’s Advocacy Center; (4) Investigating Computer Crimes Against Children; (5) Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy; (6) Analysis of the Louise Woodward Case; (7) Organization and Implementation of a Rural Child Abuse Task Force; (8) Children Who Molest Children; (9) Conditions Mistaken for Child Abuse; (10) SIDS vs Fatal Child Abuse; (11) Investigating Child Prostitution; (12) How to Testify in Child Abuse Cases; (13) International Child Abductions; (14) Prosecuting Minors for Sexual Crimes; and (15) Defense Proofing Your Child Witness. Bibliographies, tables, figures