RE: Exemplary police departments

["Lisa Amaya-Jackson" <laj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A famous police program is the New Haven Child Development-Community Policing (CD-CP) program.  I'm not sure how specifically focused it would be on reporting, but it is a collaborative with officers and mental health professionals to provide community interdisciplinary intervention to children and families that are impacted by violence. 


-----Original Message-----
From:	David Finkelhor [SMTP:davidf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent:	Thursday, September 09, 1999 5:08 AM
To:	Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject:	Exemplary police departments

 << File: ATT00000.html >> A research issue we are continuing to pursue here concerns the fact that
crimes
against juveniles of all sorts  (not only child abuse) are less likely to be
reported to the police than crimes against adults.  As part of looking for
solutions, we are interested in being referred to police departments around
the
country that may be doing exemplary work to increase reporting about youth
victimization.  We are thinking of initiatives beyond things like closer
cooperation with child protective services around reporting and investigation,
which seems to be a fairly standard innovation.  Rather we are wondering about
things like public education, community outreach to youth and families and
schools to promote reporting.  Do any departments come to mind? 
David Finkelhor* Crimes against Children Research Center* Family
Research Laboratory* Department of Sociology* University of New
Hampshire* Durham, NH 03824*  Tel 603 862-2761* Fax 603 862-1122* email:
david.finkelhor@xxxxxxx

http://www.unh.edu/ccrc/