We may never know what the state’s child welfare workers did for 8-year-old Christiana Glenn, or if they could have saved her. The abused Irvington girl’s death has opened an investigation into the actions of the state’s Division of Youth and Family Services, but the results are usually not made public. Cecilia Zalkind spent a dozen years working with the state’s child welfare agency, before joining the nonprofit Advocates for Children of New Jersey.

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LEWES — On a congested stretch of Coastal Highway, drivers by the dozens whiz past the lot of abandoned buildings.If they know to look, and if they choose to look, they see boards covering the windows, vines creeping up the walls. The signs of decay accentuate the unsettling appearance of Earl B. Bradley’s former office.

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ALMOST 300 reports of children at risk of abuse in the Northern Territory have not been investigated, despite an independent inquiry last year slamming authorities for allowing a backlog of cases that included a baby who later died. Just eight months after the NT Department of Children and Families was ordered to never allow a repeat of the backlog, it has confirmed there are 290 complaints of suspected child abuse it has yet to begin investigating.

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/territory-out-of-depth-on-abuse/story-e6frg6n6-1226065205207

Campbell police are searching for a 35-year-old man they believe severely abused his ex-girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter. The 15-year-old son of the man, identified as George Rodriguez,  found the girl rolled up in a carpet in Rodriguez’s garage at his home in the 1300 block of Pollard Road two weeks ago, police Capt. Charley Adams said. The child is now in protective custody.

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CA–Last month, law enforcement officers led by the FBI busted a large, multi-gang prostitution ring in Oceanside. Manolo Guillen, the founder and director of the ACTION Network, said this is not an isolated incident in San Diego County, during a presentation about human trafficking Wednesday at Santee United Methodist.

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http://lemongrove.patch.com/articles/expert-says-human-trafficking-is-victimizing-children

45-year wait for justice is over as man jailed for abusing children when he was 12

FOUR VICTIMS of child abuse have seen the man responsible jailed more than 40 years after he committed the offences. John Hall was just 12 when he indecently assaulted his victims, who were all under the age of 11 at the time. Now 57, Hall was jailed for three-and-a-half-years after his victims contacted police last year.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Stephen Huggins, 24, and Candice Barnes, 28, both of Cleveland, were arraigned this week on charges of endangering children, felonious assault and intimidation of a crime victim in the beatings of two, pre-teen children. They are in the Cuyahoga County Jail on $250,000 bond each.

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Caylee’s grandmother describes weeks after girl’s disappearance

Orlando (CNN) — Caylee Anthony’s grandmother gave jurors in her daughter’s capital murder trial a detailed glimpse of her efforts to connect with the 2-year-old girl in the weeks following her disappearance, recounting reason after reason her daughter gave for keeping the toddler away from home for nearly a month.

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http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/05/28/florida.casey.anthony.trial/

Jake Ormerod has admitted to grooming and having sex with girls as young as 13 on Facebook as part of a paedophile gang.

The 19-year-old, from Torquay in Devon, is facing 13 charges at Exeter Crown Court following his exploitation of at least eight girls.Vulnerable teens were targeted on Facebook and then plied with alcohol and drugs, before being subjected to sexual abuse. The court heard how the gang had been well-known in the city among homeless children.

Speciality trained dogs are detectives in the FBI department of Chile.

Meet “Tanque” the Labrador that is on mission to help young child abuse victims deal with their psychological issues. Having a trained dog, provides a new form of justice for victims, it helps reduce victimization and improves community protection. They have become key elements to successful therapy recovery.

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SILVER CITY – An Arenas Valley man will spend 11 years in prison following a plea agreement on charges of criminal sexual contact and child abuse that could have sent him to prison for 36 years. Larry Bledsoe, 55, pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor under the age of 13, a third-degree felony, and two counts of abuse of a child, second offense, a second-degree felony in connection to an incident in March 2010 during which he abused a 3-month old male infant.

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GLENVILLE — Police have arrested the supervisor of a child abuse hotline for allegedly selling marijuana out of her home with three children, all under the age of 6, living at the residence. Glenville police charged Kristen Trapalis, 29, and Richard Dickenson, 39, with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal possession of marijuana after police found four pounds of the drug in the couple’s kitchen, living room and a safe inside their home at 604 S. Holmes St.