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Combating Child HomicidePreventive Policing for the New MillenniumNicholls State University
Federal Bureau of Investigation High-profile media coverage of crimes against children has heightened public awareness of critical child safety needs and issues. However, numerous research studies in the area of child homicide have illustrated the importance of the power of science to correct false perceptions and misinformation, improving how to best serve and protect our children. Age-based analyses of childhood crime patterns have vastly improved how law enforcement and social service practitioners identify, investigate, and resolve child victimization cases. Future protective efforts must involve multiagency and multidisciplinary collaboration. Law enforcement, social service clinicians, educators, and academicians should jointly develop and implement pragmatic and effective prevention, detection, and resolution programs and policies.
Key Words: preventive policing child homicide child abduction developmental victimology community policing
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 20, No. 4,
380-387 (2005) This article has been cited by other articles:
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