Child abuse
Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Longitudinal Study of Disclosures and Denials
Child sexual abuse images and youth produced images: The varieties of Image-based Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children
NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research
On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.
Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023
Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...
Child sexual abuse images, youth produced images and the varieties of image-based sexual exploitation and abuse
Which dynamics make online child sexual abuse and cyberstalking more emotionally impactful: perpetrator identity and images?
A National Evaluation of Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Training Final Report
Prevalence of online sexual offenses against children in the US
Associations Between Objective and Subjective Experiences of Childhood Maltreatment and the Course of Emotional Disorders in Adulthood
Memory Accuracy After 20 Years for Interviews About Child Maltreatment
Gendered Pathways From Child Abuse to Adult Crime Through Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors in Childhood and Adolescence
Mechanics of Retinal Hemmorhage in Abusive Head Trauma
He Will Not Leave Us Alone and I Need the Courts to Help": Defendants' Use of Nonphysical Violence in Domestic Violence Protective Order Cases
Parsing Through Public Records: When and How is Self-Reported Violence Documented and When Does it Influence Custody Outcomes?
Evaluating Victim Services Text and Chat Hotlines
Development of a Probability Model to Predict Head Injury Risk in Pediatric Falls
Gender-Based Violence and the Latinx Community
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Economic Justice for Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Review the YouTube Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy
Defining and Studying Elder Abuse Polyvictimization
NIJ Social Science Analyst Yunsoo Park shares her knowledge about elder abuse, a widespread issue in the U.S. and around the world, particularly polyvictimization — the experience of a range of different types of abuse and maltreatment. As much as 11% of community-residing older adults experienced some form of abuse or mistreatment in the past year. Yunsoo discusses risk factors, difficulties in defining and studying elder abuse polyvictimization, and strategies for intervention and prevention. Stacy Lee Reynolds, a Communications Assistant with NIJ, hosts.