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A three-year study concluded in 2001 found that 36% of Vermont prison inmates had once been in foster care. New Jersey CPS News Archive
New Jersey News Coverage
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DYFS can't backslide in protecting N.J.'s children
The death of 9-year-old Jamarr Cruz is the kind of tragedy the state's child welfare agency is supposed to prevent.
Jamarr was beaten to death last month. His mother's boyfriend, Vincent Williams, is charged with the crime. He had been on the DYFS radar since 2007, when Williams admitted beating Jamarr with a belt. He went through parenting classes, family therapy and anger management counseling. But agency records show the caseworker failed to visit the Cruz home...
The Star-Ledger
April 17, 2009
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NJ's Child Welfare Reform: No Party Affilation Required
by Dawn Orozco
The challenges and accomplishments of the states child welfare reform has been complex.
New Jersey having had one of the worst and least effective systems under Governor Whitman and McGreevy's leadership was positioned to lose control requiring increased federal oversight if reform was not made immediately.
Newark Progressive Examiner
March 8, 2009
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Dad of kids with Nazi names criticizes state
NEWARK -- The father of three children who have names associated with Nazis is accusing the state Division of Youth and Family Services of taking his children under false pretenses and says one of the kids appeared neglected when he saw them last week.
Heath Campbell told The Associated Press on Saturday that he and his wife, Deborah, have been allowed to see their children once since state child-welfare workers removed them from the family's home Jan. 9.
The Denver Post (NJ)
February 5, 2009
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Bills would harm New Jersey nutritionists
by Dian Freeman
Bills are being proposed in New Jersey that would license dietitians -- and exclude nutritionists and natural practitioners from speaking, teaching or counseling about food, food materials, diet, weight-loss supplements or nutrition.
This licensure of dieticians would deprive the people of New Jersey of their freedom of choice and natural practitioners their freedom of speech as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. If passed, these bills would eliminate all current wellness centers and holistic professionals...
NJ Voices Guest Blog
February 4, 2009
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Family Violence Highly Toxic to Previously Abused Children
by Judith Groch
A child who is subject to harsh discipline or witnesses violence in the home is likely to have increased psychological and behavioral problems with further exposure to abuse, a study found.
The study found that previously abused children who subsequently witnessed home violence were more likely to have internalized symptoms, such as anxiety and depression. By contrast, previously abused children subjected to further harsh physical discipline externalized their symptoms, becoming more aggressive and prone to rule-breaking, the researchers reported.
Med Page Today
September 18, 2008
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N.J. Supreme Court: Dream-Refreshed Recall of Abuse Needs No Expert
by Michael Booth
Expert testimony is not required when a plaintiff bases a child sexual abuse claim on recalled memories, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Rather, a jury should be allowed to assess the credibility of the plaintiff's testimony in the same way it would any other lay witness, the court decided unanimously in Phillips v. Gelpke, A-1-06.
Law
May 22, 2007
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High court revives repressed-memory case
by Rick Hepp
A state Supreme Court ruled today an appeals court made a mistake in throwing out a $750,000 jury award to a woman who claimed she was sexually abused as a child, and it sent the case back for further hearing.
The woman contends she recalled the abuse, which she had repressed, following a dream. An appeals court tossed out the award because the victim's lawyers had not presented expert testimony on the complicated and controversial theory of recovering repressed memories of sexual abuse.
The Star-Ledger (NJ)
May 17, 2007
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New Jersey Parents' Caucus
"Helping Parents Help Their Children"
The Office of the Child Advocate committed to conduct in-depth reviews of the DYFS' interactions with 12 New Jersey families whose children died due to suspected abuse or neglect in 2004.
njparentscaucus.org
September 21, 2006
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Taking a young life often means lesser sentence
by Ana M. Alaya
A review finds the average prison time was 11 years for those convicted in child homicide cases
Charles Brown, aka Tweety Bird, an unemployed airbrush painter in Salem County with 35 arrests, repeatedly punched his 18-month-old son because the child was crying. The judge sentenced him to eight years for the boy's death. With good behavior, he will be out in six years and nine months.
The Star-Ledger
August 24, 2003
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