The Child Maltreatment Policy Resource Center Hits the Road in August with New Issues in Brief

The National Crimes Against Children Conference, held August 6th – 10th and sponsored by the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center is in its 35th year. The conference continues to attract more than 5,000 professionals from law enforcement, child advocacy and allied fields to spend 5 days in Dallas, filled with keynote addresses, workshops and exhibits. Dr. Janet Rosenzweig, a Senior Policy Analyst at the Child Maltreatment Policy Resource Center was invited to present two workshops, ‘What everyone Working in Child Sexual Abuse Should Know about Human Sexuality’ and ‘Beyond Pedophilia: Preventing the Risks Ephebophiles and Hebephiles Present to Older Kids and Teens’. Given the release of our Issues in Brief publication last month, Dr. Rosenzweig modified her second presentation to include a section summarizing our research into the legal and social issues that converged to make juvenile registration mandatory. She presented the clinical research of the past twenty years showing the treatability of juveniles with problematic or illegal sexual behaviors; the low recidivism rates; and the harm juvenile registration has been proven to cause to individuals, families, and communities. Rosenzweig presented this workshop twice, reaching almost 1,000 conference participants. Copies of our brief were very well received!