Preventing Adolescent Maltreatment: A Focus on Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Sexual Exploitation

Authors

Carly B. Dierkhising, California State UniversityFollow
Jennifer Mullins Geiger, University of Illinois at Chicago
Tamara E. Hurst, University of Southern MississippiFollow
Carlomagno Panlilio, University of Maryland
Lisa Schelbe, Florida State University

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

5-25-2015

School

Social Work

Abstract

Compared to young children, fewer resources have been devoted to examining the etiology and circumstances related to maltreatment experienced by adolescents. This is unfortunate given adolescents have been found to experience similar, and sometimes higher, rates of maltreatment. This chapter discusses the prevalence of adolescent maltreatment, explores the need to develop interventions and prevention strategies for adolescent maltreatment within alternative contexts, and identifies emerging strategies and necessary next steps for improving the collective response to adolescent maltreatment prevention. The authors focus specifically on how practices and policies within the child welfare, foster care, and juvenile justice systems, and the response to sexually exploited youth present opportunities for targeting and improving treatment and prevention efforts among adolescents.

Publication Title

Advances in Child Abuse Prevention Knowledge

First Page

43

Last Page

65

Recommended Citation

Dierkhising, C. B., Geiger, J. M., Hurst, T. E., Panlilio, C., Schelbe, L. (2015). Preventing Adolescent Maltreatment: A Focus on Child Welfare, Juvenile Justice, and Sexual Exploitation. Advances in Child Abuse Prevention Knowledge, 43-65.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/21393