FACTSHEET:
Special Provisions for Children in the Criminal Justice System
As awareness of the prevalence of crimes against children increases, and legislators become educated as to the needs of child victims in the judicial system, a wide range of special provisions has been adopted to make the child's participation in the system less traumatic. All states and the District of Columbia have adopted one or more of the child victim and witness provisions discussed here.
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Factsheets: The identification and treatment of physical and sexual violence among adolescents in a healthcare settingThis document was produced by The Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center and Angela Diaz, MD, MPH, from Physical and Sexual Violence Among Youth: Intervention Policies and ProgramsDownload
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Voices and Faces:
Victoria Sherden
"People think you can't be raped by your own husband or boyfriend. They need to think again."
Read more about Victoria at The Voices and Faces Project »
The Alliance Executive Director and Research Director with youth visiting the Alliance from the Eleanor Roosevelt Girls’ Leadership Workshop
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