All Articles tagged child abuse

• General
  January 01, 2018 EDT
  TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND THE LEGACY OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
  Elizabeth B. Ludwin King

  Viewing the Catholic Church's response to widespread sexual abuse of minors through the lens of transitional justice shows that the Church failed. Instead, efforts at accountability should be survivor focused.

• Justice Commentaries
  June 11, 2013 EDT
  CRYING OUT FOR CHANGE: A CALL FOR A NEW CHILD ABUSE HEARSAY EXCEPTION IN NEW YORK STATE
  Christopher T. Fell

  This article proposes a change to the New York State law concerning outcries of abused children.

• General
  March 03, 2009 EDT
  THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE FUTURE OF NICHOLSON V. SCOPPETTA: AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS
  Kathleen A. Copps

  This article will discuss the case Nicholson v. Scoppetta from the perspective that it is almost always better to keep the mother and her children together and remove the batterer...