Home > The Role of Law Enforcement in the Response to Child Abuse and Neglect > The Role of Law Enforcement in the Response to Child Abuse and Neglect: Acknowledgments

The Role of Law Enforcement in the Response to Child Abuse and Neglect
User Manual Series (1992)

Author(s):  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Donna Pence, Charles Wilson

Year Published:  1992

Email Order (Free)  Print  (PDF 212 KB)  Share

Rate This    Not yet rated.

previous

You are in section: Table of Contents Additional Acknowledgment Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 - Overview Of The Child… 2 - Role Of Law Enforcement In… 3 - The Investigative Process 4 - Decision Making 5 - Special Considerations For… 6 - Special Types Of Investigations 7 - Special Investigative… 8 - Issues in Arrest Conclusion Glossary Of Terms Notes Selected Bibliography Other Resources

next

Acknowledgments

Donna M. Pence, Special Agent, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, is currently Training Coordinator for the Bureau. A 17-year law enforcement veteran, Agent Pence was previously assigned to the Special Investigations Unit where she coordinated the Bureau's activities on Missing Children and Child Sexual Abuse Investigations. In addition to her training duties, she also consults on child sexual abuse and child homicide cases throughout the State. She is the primary trainer at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy on child abuse investigations. A nationally recognized trainer, she has published articles on child abuse investigation topics. Professional affiliations include the International Association of Women Police, FBI National Academy Associates, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, and the Tennessee Child Advocacy Network.

Charles Wilson, M.S.S.W., is the Director of Child Welfare for the Tennessee Department of Human Services and oversees the development of program initiatives, policy, training, and consultation services for the State's Child Protection, Foster Care, Family Preservation, Adoptions, and Pregnancy and Parenting programs. He is also the Second Vice President of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and a past officer of the National Public Child Welfare Administrators Association. He began his career in Florida in 1972; served as a child protection worker in Memphis, TN, after graduate school; and has served in a variety of positions since, assuming his current role in 1982. Mr. Wilson trains frequently on issues of child abuse at national and regional multidisciplinary conferences and is a lecturer at the Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy.

The following were members of the Advisory Panel for Contract No. HHS-105-88-1702:

Thomas Berg
Private Practice
Washington, DC

Richard Cage
Montgomery County Department of Police
Rockville, MD

Peter Correia
National Resource Center for Youth Services
Tulsa, OK

Howard Davidson
ABA Center on Children and the Law
Washington, DC

Helen Donovan
National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse
Chicago, IL

Judee Filip
American Association for Protecting Children
Englewood, CO

Kathleen Furukawa
Military Family Resource Center
Arlington, VA

Judy Howard
University of California
Los Angeles, CA

Molly Laird
League Against Child Abuse
Westerville, OH

Michael Nunno
Family Life Development Center
Ithaca, NY

Marsha K. Salus
Chair, Advisory Panel
Alexandria, VA

previous

You are in section: Table of Contents Additional Acknowledgment Preface Acknowledgments Introduction 1 - Overview Of The Child… 2 - Role Of Law Enforcement In… 3 - The Investigative Process 4 - Decision Making 5 - Special Considerations For… 6 - Special Types Of Investigations 7 - Special Investigative… 8 - Issues in Arrest Conclusion Glossary Of Terms Notes Selected Bibliography Other Resources

next

This material may be freely reproduced and distributed. However, when doing so, please credit Child Welfare Information Gateway.

Email Order (Free)  Print  (PDF 212 KB)  Share

Updated on October 9, 2009