National Child Abuse Prevention Month
Safe Children and Healthy Families are a Shared Responsibility is the theme of the 2005 National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April.
Pulitzer Prize winner
The 30-Year Secret. Reporter Nigel Jaquiss, of Willamette Week an alternative weekly newspaper in Portland , Oregon , was awarded the investigative-reporting prize for his expose of a former Oregon governor’s long-hidden sexual abuse of a 14-year-old girl.
Myths cover up further tragedies in episodes of child molestation
(San Francisco Chronicle )
What leads so many men to molest their own children or the children of their friends? The cause “is a profound puzzle for all of us…”
The LC– “Million Dollar Baby” Connection
The LC– “Million Dollar Baby” Connection
On March 9th, the New York Times ran a front page article featuring Katie Dallam and her sister, our research associate and Secretary, Stephanie Dallam. Katie’s personal tragedy is believed to have been the inspiration for the award winning movie “Million Dollar Baby.” The article Far From Hollywood, a Boxer Whose Dreams Died in the Ring describes Katie’s struggle to survive following life-threatening injuries from being savagely beaten in 1996, and Stephanie’s heroic and dedicated efforts to nurse her back to health. MORE
Dr. Kinsler’s
Dr. Kinsler’s response to Susan Clancy’s statement in the Boston Globe that, “For children, sexual abuse is rarely painful or terrifying at the time it occurs.”
Shanley Trial Blog
Shanley Trial Blog : Commentary by members of the LC on issues raised by the criminal trial of Paul Shanley –the former Boston priest who was convicted of child rape.
Beyond the Bogeyman
Beyond the Bogeyman: We need to develop a more mature perspective on the child molester by Katy Butler, Psychotherapy Networker |
