Spend a few summer weeks with Essex County’s homicide squad and you will see a team on endless assignment on the front lines of society’s nightmares: domestic violence that ends in murder, child abuse that ends in murder, robberies and rapes that end in murder, gang warfare with firepower...
Although home visiting programs have generally shown small overall effects on the prevention of child maltreatment, at-risk families with severe strain do not seem to benefit sufficiently from this support. A crucial factor for success seems to be the quality of the service system. The aim of th...