Barton Center Appoints Melissa Carter as New Director
Melissa D. Carter is the new director of The Barton Child Law and Policy Center at Emory University, starting December 1. She replaces Karen Worthington, the founding director, who recently left the...
View ArticleKaren Worthington: If you Want to Prevent Crime, Work to Prevent Child Abuse
Downtown Atlanta workers may not see pinwheels in the parks this April. The brightly colored children’s toys have twirled in the wind for many Aprils, each representing one of the thousands of children...
View ArticleNew Report Shows the Crippling Cost of Child Abuse
This month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report quantifying the costs of child maltreatment in the United States. The report underscores that child maltreatment is a...
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