Is the Bad Economy Increasing Child Abuse?
According to a recent study, child abuse cases went up 35 percent nationally between 2001 and 2007. In one hospital in Phoenix, child abuse cases are up 40 precent over last year alone. Can the...
View ArticleTakeouts: Debt and Deficit, Music Merger, Your Take on Child Sex Abuse
WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: In this week's State of the Union address, President Obama is expected to announce a three-year freeze in budget spending. Takeaway correspondent Todd Zwillich looks at the plan...
View ArticleEvaluating Families Investigated by Child Protective Services
When Child Protective Services investigates a household where a child may have been abused, that family has a small chance of seeing improvements, according to a new study out of the University of...
View ArticleWhy We Fail to Speak Up for Others When We Know We Should
Last week, witnesses began taking the stand to testify against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach who faces 52 counts related to child sexual abuse. As was predicted, much of the...
View ArticleVatican Denounces Media's 'Smear Campaign'
The Vatican is denouncing what it is calling the media's "smear campaign" over recent coverage of the Pope's role in two priest sexual abuse cases in Wisconsin and in Germany. The BBC reports that the...
View ArticleRedLight
Mu Sochua, human rights activist and opposition member of the Cambodian parliament, to discuss the new documentary "RedLight," which examines child prostitution and other human rights abuses in...
View ArticleThai Court Ends Case Against Mikhail Pletnev
An investigation has been dropped against Russian conductor and pianist Mikhail Pletnev, who was arrested last summer in Thailand on suspicion of molesting a teenager.The investigation began in July,...
View ArticleJournalists Allowed Into Los Angeles' Dependency Courts
At the end of last month, a Los Angeles judge issued an order allowing dramatically increased press access to dependency courts, where child abuse and foster care cases are heard. Concerns about...
View ArticleThe Downside of Opening Children's Courts in L.A.
Government transparency is a recognized good, but can it go too far? Will allowing more reporters in Los Angeles' Dependency Courts put already vulnerable children at risk? Brooke speaks with Chantel...
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