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title: "\"Unto the Third Generation\" Revisited: The Impact of a National Plan to End Child Abuse in the United States Within Three Generations"
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# "Unto the Third Generation" Revisited: The Impact of a National Plan to End Child Abuse in the United States Within Three Generations

 Posted by Robert J. Peters on  Jun 12, 2024

Revisits the influential plan nearly 20 years later, reviewing the reforms it inspired, where it fell short, and its effect on child abuse in the United States.

Authors: Victor Vieth, Theodore P. Cross, Robert Peters, Rachel Johnson, Tyler Counsil, Rita Farrell, Betsy Goulet, et al.  
Publisher: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse

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