2012, Children and Family Research Center.
Importance of research
• Criminal justice response to child maltreatment is important but complex and not well-understood
• Need data to understand it and inform policy
• However, development of policy and practice has not been data driven
• This presentation reviews a wide range of data relevant to policy and practice
• Most knowledge and discussion based on sensational cases that may not be representative
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