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Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC) provides high quality research and statistics to the public, policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. 

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Levels of support for legislative bans to end physical punishment in schools and homes in a national sample
Fleckman, J. M., Taylor, C. A., Gershoff, E., Finkelhor, D., Holden, G. W., & Klika, B. (2023). Levels of support for legislative bans to end phys... Learn More
Perpetrators’ Identity in Online Crimes against Children: A Meta-analysis
Sutton, S., and Finkelhor, D. (2023). Perpetrators’ Identity in Online Crimes against Children: A Meta-analysis. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, online... Learn More

Current Projects

Developing New Knowledge for Effective Children’s Advocacy Centers: Employing the NCAtrak Data System for CAC Research
 The proposed research represents an innovative effort to link research with large-scale, standardized case data collection by the National Children’s... Learn More
Developing Standardized Measures of Client Satisfaction in Investigations of Crimes against Children: The Investigation Satisfaction Scales (ISS) for Children and Parent
The goal of this project is to develop and test a measure of client satisfaction with investigations of crimes against children for use with children ... Learn More
The Role of Technology in Child Sex Trafficking
Sexual victimizations are serious crimes that harm a significant percentage of children and adolescents. A national study of youth (ages 2 to 17) rev... Learn More
Contextual Influences on Bullying Involvement and Relations between Bullying and Other Victimization Forms
Summary: This project's aim is to evaluate bullying and other victimization forms across the transition from elementary to middle school. By focu... Learn More

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