A national survey of characteristics of child advocacy centers in the United States: Do the flagship models match those in broader practice?

JL Herbert, W Walsh, L Bromfield - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) emphasize developing effective cross-agency
collaborations between workers involved in serious abuse investigations to foster …

Outcomes and outputs affiliated with Children's Advocacy Centers in the United States: A scoping review

KK Westphaln, W Regoeczi, M Masotya… - Child Abuse & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Background The Children's Advocacy Center (CAC) model is the predominant
multidisciplinary model that responds to child sexual abuse (CSA) in the United States (US) …

A review of Children's Advocacy Centers'(CACs) response to cases of child maltreatment in the United States

JA Elmquist, RC Shorey, J Febres, H Zapor… - Aggression and Violent …, 2015 - Elsevier
Child maltreatment is a serious and prevalent problem in the United States. Children's
Advocacy Centers (CACs) were established in 1985 to better respond to cases of child …

Children's advocacy centers: Do they lead to positive case outcomes?

KC Faller, VJ Palusci - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2007 - Elsevier
In this issue of the Journal are three long-awaited articles on the effectiveness of Children's
Advocacy Centers. Our commentary begins with a summary of the etiology of CACs and is …

A USA national survey of program services provided by child advocacy centers

SL Jackson - Child Abuse & Neglect, 2004 - Elsevier
Objective: Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are designed to improve the community
collaborative response to child sexual abuse and the criminal justice processing of child …

Evidence for the efficacy of the Child Advocacy Center model: A systematic review

JL Herbert, L Bromfield - Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model has been presented as the solution to many of the
problems inherent in responses by authorities to child sexual abuse. The lack of referral to …

Results from the Virginia Multidisciplinary Team Knowledge and Functioning Survey: The importance of differentiating by groups affiliated with a child advocacy center

SL Jackson - Children and Youth Services Review, 2012 - Elsevier
Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are a child-centered, multidisciplinary response to child
abuse. Two important components of a CAC model include the multidisciplinary team (MDT) …

Facilitators and barriers to Children's Advocacy Center-based multidisciplinary teamwork

KK Westphaln, KA Manges, WC Regoeczi… - Child Abuse & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) use a multidisciplinary team
(MDT) approach to initiate, coordinate, and provide essential multisector services for …

Service outcomes in physical and sexual abuse cases: A comparison of child advocacy center-based and standard services

DW Smith, TH Witte, AE Fricker-Elhai - Child maltreatment, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) were developed to improve on child abuse investigative
services provided by child protective service (CPS) agencies. However, until very recently …

Child abuse investigations: Reasons for using child advocacy centers and suggestions for improvement

BS Newman, PL Dannenfelser, D Pendleton - Child and Adolescent Social …, 2005 - Springer
Child protective service (CPS) and child abuse law enforcement (LE) investigators have
been required by the majority of states to work together when investigating criminal cases of …