Resources
| Resource | Year | Topic | Type |
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| Updated Trends in Child Maltreatment, 2022 For 2022, child neglect declined 6% compared to 2021 and child maltreatment fatalities rose 6%.
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2024 | Trends In Child Victimization | Bulletin |
| Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Findings from a National Survey Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., Colburn, D., & Walsh, W. (2023). Online child sexual exploitation and abuse: Findings from a National Survey. Durham,…
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2023 | Technology/Internet Victimization | Bulletin |
Video
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2023 | Prevention, Technology/Internet Victimization | Video |
| Trends and New Directions in the Law Enforcement Response to the Sex Trafficking of Minors Trends and New Directions in the Law Enforcement Response to the Sex Trafficking of Minors
NIJ Award 2020-MU-CX-0041
Principal Investigator (PI…
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2025 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Sexual Abuse, Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
| Trends in Arrests and Investigative Techniques of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes: The 4th National Juvenile Online Victimization Study Trends in Arrests and Investigative Techniques of Technology-Facilitated Child Sexual Exploitation Crimes: The 4th National Juvenile Online…
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2025 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Sexual Abuse, Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
Prior, A., O’Brien, J. E., Cattarin, E., Murphy, M., Zwerling Kahn, G., & Mitchell, K. J. (2025). “I would say almost every single case has some…
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2025 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
| Child Maltreatment in Youth-Serving Organizations: A Scoping Review Finkelhor, D., Gast, L., Cavanaugh, C., Sutton, S., Jones, L. M., & Turner, H. (2025). Child Maltreatment in Youth-Serving Organizations: A…
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2025 | General Child Victimization | Paper |
| Building the Evidence on Preventing Youth Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Nonrandomized, Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Not a Number Trafficking Prevention Program Jones, L. M., O’Brien, J. E., & Graham, S. E. Building the Evidence on Preventing Youth Commercial Sexual Exploitation: A Nonrandomized, Quasi-…
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2025 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Evaluation | Paper |
| Prevalence of exposure to someone else’s firearm violence, threats, and risky behavior among a national sample of young people in the United States Mitchell KJ, Banyard V, Taylor BG, Mumford EA, Liu W and Turner HA (2025) Prevalence of exposure to someone else’s firearm violence, threats, and…
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2025 | Firearm Violence | Paper |
| Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
Findings from a National Survey
David Finkelhor, Heather Turner, Deirdre Colburn, and Wendy Walsh
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2025 | Technology/Internet Victimization | Bulletin |
| Updated Trends in Child Maltreatment, 2023 New national data have been released for 2023, showing a 3% decline in the rate of all child abuse of compared to 2022.
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2025 | Trends In Child Victimization | Bulletin |
| Meta-Analysis and Crossnational Comparisons of Sexual Violence Against Children Finkelhor, D. (2025). Meta-Analysis and Crossnational Comparisons of Sexual Violence Against Children. JAMA pediatrics.
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2025 | Sexual Abuse | Paper |
| Tips for Choosing a Therapist to Treat Harmful Sibling Dynamics This handout provides information and guidance to those looking for a therapist to address harmful sibling dynamics.
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2025 | Sibling Aggression and Abuse | Fact Sheet |
| Exposure to child sexual abuse materials among law enforcement investigative personnel: Exploring trauma and resilience profiles. Mitchell, K. J., Gewirtz-Meydan, A., O'Brien, J. E., & Ein-Dor, T. (2024). Exposure to child sexual abuse materials among law enforcement…
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2024 | Vicarious Trauma | Paper |
O'Brien, J. E., Kahn, G. Z., Gast, L., & Mitchell, K. J. (2025). “They are not victimless crimes… that's frustrating to hear”:…
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2024 | Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
| Prevalence of Gun Carrying and Gun Violence Victimization and Perpetration Among a Nationally Representative Sample of U.S. Youth and Young Adults Taylor, B., Mitchell, K. J., Turner, H. A., Sheridan-Johnson, J., & Mumford, E. A. (2024). Prevalence of gun carrying and gun violence…
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2024 | Firearm Violence | Paper |
| Online Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in a National Victim Survey Walsh, W., Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., & O’Brien, J. (2024). Online commercial sexual exploitation of children
in a national victim survey..…
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2024 | Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
| Persisting Concerns About Image Exposure Among Survivors of Image-Based Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in Childhood Finkelhor, D., Turner, H., Colburn, D., & Mitchell, K. J. (2024). Persisting concerns about image exposure among survivors of image-based sexual…
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2024 | Technology/Internet Victimization | Paper |
| Youth Attitudes Toward Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Help-Seeking: An Analysis of Data Collected by the Not a Number Trafficking Prevention Program Jones, L. M., O’Brien, J. E., Colburn, D., McKinney, K., & Martin, L. (2024). Youth Attitudes Toward Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Help-…
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2024 | Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, Evaluation | Paper |
| Bystanders to Sexual Violence: Findings From a National Sample of Sexual and Gender Diverse Adolescents Banyard, V., Mitchell, K. J., Goodman, K. L., & Ybarra, M. L. (2024). Bystanders to sexual violence: findings from a national sample of sexual…
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2024 | Bystander Behavior | Paper |
