Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, & Missing Children
Blain Nelson's Abuse
Pages
http://marie.az.com/%7Eblainn/dv/index.html
Great site that provides personal experience with abuse (the giving and receiving
end), questions to help you determine whether you are an abuser or have been abused,
information about the "cycle of abuse," and links to other sites that pertain to
this subject.
Child Abuse Prevention Network
http://child.cornell.edu/
This site is dedicated to enhancing Internet resources for the prevention of child
abuse and neglect. Offers list of state-level programs on the prevention of child
abuse, electronic newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on the developments of this
site, and links to other helpful sites.
Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, and Resources
http://www.jimhopper.com/abstats.html#caut
Site offers wealth of information, including statistics, methodological issues, sexual
abuse of girls, sexual abuse of boys, substantiated cases, issue of memory, and additional
resources.
Child CyberSEARCH: English Home Page
http://www.childcybersearch.org/ccscengl.htm
Canadian site that provides a database of missing children, a list of Canada's missing
children agencies, a library that contains helpful tips, pamphlets, special interest
articles about missing children, child-care, and parenting. Mostly geared toward
Canadians, but some information is universal.
Child Quest International
http://www.childquest.org/
Site dedicated to the recovery of missing, abused, and exploited children. Offers
safety tips to keep your kids safe, lists of other resources that can answer questions
you may have, and links to other important sites dedicated to the safety of children.
Child Search: National Missing Children's Center
http://www.childsearch.org/
Provides support services for those whose children are missing, such as crisis counseling,
search assistance, photo distribution assistance. Also provides photo-listings of
missing children, child ID kits, and safety tips for parents.
Child Sexual Abuse
http://www.commnet.edu/QVCTC/student/LindaCain/sexabuse.html#horror
Supportive site that provides personal stories as well as legal info and statistics
on child abuse, bibliographic reference of films, videos, documentaries and presentations,
list of journals and articles that pertain to child abuse, and directories listing
agencies for services related to child sexual abuse. This is a great site that has
tons a great information to offer.
Child Sexual Abuse 2
http://www.cs.utk.edu/~bartley/sacc/childAbuse.html
Not a lot of bells and whistles at this sight, but really good, must-know information
about child sexual abuse. Offers sections on symptoms, feelings the child (and the
parent) may have, protecting kids, and listening to children.
Children's House Home Page
http://childhouse.uio.no/
Site that is an interactive resource center—a meeting place for the exchange of information
that serves the well being of children. Offers workshops and training, information
resources on the well being of children, information about early childhood, and a
spot about children's rights.
Children's Safety Network Home Page
http://www.edc.org/HHD/csn/
Contains publications and resources produced by CSN and other EDC injury prevention
projects that include full-text in HTML format that can be viewed, downloaded, and
printed directly from this site.
CyberPages International Inc: Missing Children
http://www.cyberpages.com/MISSING.HTM
Provides a list of missing children. This page is free of charge and enables you
to add to the list. Also provides a list of other sites on the Internet that provide
a similar service.
Domestic Violence Page
http://www.iquest.net/~gtemp/famvi.htm
Site devoted to fighting all forms of family violence. Great info here, such as facts
about domestic violence, readers stories, suggestions for where to get help, suggested
reading list, and links to other sites that pertain to domestic violence.
Kathy's Resources on Parenting, Domestic Violence, Abuse, Trauma, and Disassociation
http://www.mcs.net/~kathyw/home.html
Offers tons of information about the different aspects of violence, including information
for parents; data and info on trauma and disassociation, abuse, rape, and domestic
violence; and a Net ratings guide.
Kevin Collins Foundation for Missing Children
http://www.northcoast.com/kevin_collins/collins.html
Site of volunteer organization that is dedicated to providing immediate response
and experienced guidance for the families of stranger abducted children. Also provides
an online directory of missing children, literature about stranger abductions, and
links to other sites pertaining to missing children.
The KEYEYE Making Kids Safe Page
http://www.keyeye.com/
Site dedicated to teaching personal safety to children. Offers videotapes that help
teach your child how to recognize ploys of abductors, safety tips for parents and
children, and links to other safety pages.
Mental Health Net: Responding to Sexual Child Abuse
http://www.cmhcsys.com/factsfam/rspdabus.htm
Site that contains suggestions for adults who suspect child abuse or are approached
by a child indicating that he or she has been abused. Suggestions are specific to
your reaction to the child and what you should do after the discussion with the child.
Minnesota Higher Education Center Against Violence & Abuse
http://www.umn.edu/mincava/newstuff.htm
Site of an electronic clearinghouse via the World Wide Web for issues that pertain
to domestic violence. Offers information about domestic violence in the forms of
research papers and book suggestions, support for professionals, school safety info,
list of treatment guidelines, gallery of children's art, poetry and prose by survivors,
and links to help resources and other sites.
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.org/
Site of a private, non-profit organization working in cooperation with the U.S. Department
of Justice dedicated to the search for missing children and pursuit of child protection.
Offers training for those involved in child protection and recovery, search assistance
to those looking for missing children, and provides publications and resources pertinent
to the safety of children. Also provides access to a missing children database.
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ACFPrograms/NCCAN/index.html
Provides facts about the Child Abuse and Neglect program, statistics on child abuse
and neglect, a national clearinghouse on child abuse and neglect information, and
access to the National Data Archive on Child Abuse And Neglect.
PeaceDove
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~dove/pd2.html
Provides links to missing children sites. The other sites aren't necessarily huge,
but the info contained at those sites are equally as important.
SAVE: Survivors and Victims Empowered
http://www.goshen.net/SAVE/
Dedicated to stopping the physical, emotional, and sexual assault on children. Provides
a Child Protection Guide, a list of speakers on child abuse, and access to a Survivors
& Victims Resource Database that contains over 350 resources in the U.S. and
Canada.
Survivor Organizations and Agencies
http://www.csbsju.edu/isti/03txt.html
Provides list of organizations and agencies in the United States for victims and
survivors of child abuse and includes addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers.