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A 2023-24 SOL Reform Snapshot from CHILD USA
Written on December 14, 2023, by Marci A. Hamilton, Founder and CEO, CHILD USA 2023 has been a good year for child sex abuse (CSA) statutes of limitation (SOL) reform, but not a banner year. Here’s a quick rundown of the SOL picture right now. In 2023, as you can see...
Fabricating the Truth: Deception Around Vaccines is Putting our Children at Risk
Written December 7, 2023 by Jennifer Wilczynski, Esq., Staff Attorney, CHILD USA Fabricating the Truth: Deception Around Vaccines is Putting our Children at Risk The science of vaccination against childhood diseases was once widely accepted throughout the world, until...
AI-Generated CSAM: The Call for Proactive Action
Written November 21, 2023 by Jessica Downes, Esq., Staff Attorney, CHILD USA AI-Generated CSAM: The Call for Proactive Action Imagine your child comes home from school, hysterically crying, and tells you explicit photos of them are being shared online. To your shock,...
Bankruptcy and Child Sex Abuse: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
Written October 12, 2023 by Jillian Ruck, COO, CHILD USA Bankruptcy and Child Sex Abuse: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going Over the last twenty years, we have seen numerous organizations exposed for their negligence and in some cases active cover-up and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...