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The Pursuit to Protect Future Children from Sexual Abuse Continues in USVI
Written July 24, 2023 by Prof. Marci Hamilton, Esq. Prof. Marci Hamilton, Founder and CEO of CHILD USA, is a national expert on child sex abuse statutes of limitations that make it difficult for victims to pursue justice. Serial pedophiles need a community to achieve their ends....
Want to Get Married? Let’s See Some I.D.
Written July 13, 2023 by Carina Nixon, Staff Attorney at CHILD USA. Prior to CHILD USA, Carina worked as an Attorney-Advisor for the Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Assistance where she aided small business owners in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, she worked...
The Darkness Within: Reflecting on “Shiny Happy People” and the Connection Between Extreme Religious Groups and Child Sexual Abuse
Written June 29, 2023 by Jessica Schidlow, Legal Director of CHILD USA Jessica Schidlow, ESQ, MA, NCC, has an extensive background in child welfare and leads the Legal Team at CHILD USA. After law school, Jessica joined the Montgomery County Public Defender's Office in their Child Advocacy Unit,...
The Legal Reform That Made E. Jean Carroll’s Ongoing Victory Possible
Written by Marci Hamilton, Esq. February 16, 2023, Prof. Marci Hamilton, Founder and CEO of CHILD USA, is a national expert on child sex abuse statutes of limitations that make it difficult for victims to pursue justice. E. Jean Carroll, after a victorious $5 million sex abuse and...
Direct Reporting Prevents Child Abuse
This guest blog is co-authored by experts in mandatory reporting of child sex abuse. Dr. Franne Sippel, EdD is a Licensed Psychologist and co-owner of Northern Plains Psychological Associates in Aberdeen, SD and co-host of the mental health podcast, Shrink Rap the Podcast. She serves on the...
Criminalization Of Sex Trafficked Youth
Written by Sarah Bousquet Sarah Bousquet is a CHILD USA Research & Development Intern. Children victimized and exploited by sex trafficking deserve to be protected from further traumatization. Vulnerable children are targeted by predators and are forced into sex trafficking across the...
Oversexualization in Hollywood: Brooke Shields
Written by Kelsey Bryner and Sarah Bousquet Kelsey Bryner is Development Director at CHILD USA and Sarah Bousquet is a CHILD USA Research & Development Intern. Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields highlights a phenomenon that has long plagued American culture: the oversexualization of children....
Boy Scouts of America Survivors Re-Victimized by the Statute of Limitations
Written by Paul Jan Zdunek, COO at Miller Kaplan, an Instructor at UCLA and a Partner at Tipping Point Strategists. Paul is proud to be an advocate for SOL reform and for legislative change in Maryland. **Content warning: this blog may contain content that could trigger some readers.** My...
Once You’ve Felt It, You Can’t Unknow Its Happening: Social Responses to Stories of Harm
Kimberly Ann Priest is the author of Slaughter the One Bird, finalist in the American Best Book Awards, and chapbooks The Optimist Shelters in Place, Parrot Flower, and Still Life. She is an associate poetry editor for Nimrod International Journal of Prose and Poetry and assistant professor...