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Finding Your Way
What Happens When You Tell About Abuse
- Lynn M. Copen - Kenosha County District Attorneys Office, Kenosha, WI
- Linda M. Pucci - The Inner Resource Center, Maryville, TN
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Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
Children, Adolescents and Interpersonal Violence (General)
July 2012 | 72 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This brief-easy-to-understand book explains what happens when a child discloses abuse and how various systems may respond to this disclosure, from investigation through prosecution or juvenile court involvement to therapy.
Intended for children 9-18, this book is written in a supportive tone and helps children to understand what abuse is, the steps that are taken to protect the child, the process of prosecuting the abuser, and the child's own feeling and healing process.
Introduction
What Is Abuse?
Telling What Happened
Filing Charges
Preliminary Hearing or Grand Jury
Chips/Protection and Services
Types of Lawyers
The Criminal Trial
Sentencing
Your Feelings
Healing
Resource People
