MARTINEZ, CA — Six sisters who for years were sexually abused by their father with their mother’s help have sued government entities and officials, claiming they failed to properly investigate their ordeal. At the time, police in the family’s hometown of Antioch were investigating rape allegations one of the girls had made against her father, Bruce “Zion” Dutro. He later pleaded guilty to one count of molestation and was sentenced to three years’ probation.  READ MORE HERE

A Juvenile Justice Board here sentenced a 10-year-old boy for sexually abusing a four-year-old girl last year, a lawyer said on Wednesday. Principal Magistrate Ashu Kumar Jain Monday sent the boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, to three years in a special home.  READ MORE HERE

EVIDENCE in a groundbreaking priest-abuse trial shows the men running the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia used elaborate methods to keep sex-abuse complaints from prying eyes. Memos unearthed from long-secret archives show the complaints were not just under lock and key – but guarded by locks, keys, alarms, safes and computer security programs. READ MORE HERE

WAUPUN — It’s a room built for solitary confinement, but it’s not a cell at Waupun State Prison. It’s a ‘time out’ area at Rock River School, just a few blocks away. “It`s a very common thing to have in public schools,” Donald Childs, Superintendent of the Waupun Area School District said. Teachers call it the ‘Quiet Room.’ The mother of an autistic child calls it ‘the box.’ “It’s a boxed roof. It’s an enclosed box,” Mandy Rennhack said. “It’s not a box. It is a room,” Childs counters.  READ MORE HERE

Father’s chilling question to his wife before he stabbed to his oldest son, nine, to death

Terrifying details of a Florida killing spree, which left three people dead and two with shocking injuries in February, were released to the public for the first time yesterday. William De Jesus, a 41-year-old Floridian with a history of mental illness, shot and killed a 76-year-old man at a Deerfield Beach trailer park on February 9 – sparking a hostage stand-off with police that ended in a frenzied knife attack on his wife and two young sons. At one point he allegedly asked his wife which son she wanted him to kill first. He also told both boys that he had to kill them, otherwise they would be cut up and eaten by police officers. READ MORE HERE

The Moral Debate About Child Porn 

In 2007 James Kent, a professor of public administration at Marist College, was convicted on 134 counts of possessing child pornography on his computer. Just a few days ago, New York State’s highest court, considering Kent’s appeal, ruled that mere possession of computerized pornographic images of children does not constitute a violation of New York law.  While New York State legislators are rushing to repair the breach in the state’s pornography legislation, the arguments used on both sides reveal a confusion – especially on the part of opponents of pornography – that only strengthens the hand of pornographers and may some day serve to render some forms of kiddie porn completely legitimate.  READ MORE HERE

Miami, FL – Marlene Mieses, a 24-year-old Florida woman was jailed Monday after she allegedly left her 11-month-old son alone in a motel room to sell food stamps. According to police, officers were dispatched to the Seven Seas Motel in Miami after the housekeeping staff found an 11-month-old baby abandoned in a motel room. READ MORE HERE

WAUKEGAN, Ill. – A north suburban Waukegan man took a plea deal that kept him out of prison for an incident in which he took a needle and thread to his son’s buttocks. Randy Swopes, 52, represented himself in court Friday to accept a plea deal that sentenced him to 24 months of probation and 250 hours of public service for the January 2008 incident, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Danielle Pascucci.  READ MORE HERE

Brevard mother killed her 4 children, then herself
Children – 12,13,15 and 17 – among the victims, officials said.

The unmistakable sound of gunfire stirred the neighbors early Tuesday. Moments later, there was a knock at the front door. They opened it to find three children from next door — at least one of them shot and wounded, authorities said. The neighbors called 911, grabbed a towel and tried to attend to the kids.  READ MORE HERE

Most Dangerous Drug In The World – ‘Devil’s Breath’: Causes Loss Of Memory, Death And Loss Of  ‘Free Will’

A new drug of choice has horrifying effects. Scopolamine, more popularly known as “The Devil’s Breath” is made from the Borrachero tree, and causes the same level of effects as diazepam. According to Opposing Views, even if the drug is merely blown into someone’s face, that person will be effected within minutes. READ MORE HERE

Stranger Finds Baby In Middle Of Street – Leads Police To Horrific Murder Scene

A call to police about a 3-month-old baby left in a car seat in the middle of the road led police to a murder scene. After investigating a report about a 3-month-old child inside a car seat in the middle of a Worcester road, police discovered Javier Maldonado, 32, dead inside his apartment, as well as the baby’s 18-year-old mother and a 36-year-old woman were found injured. READ MORE HERE

Accused child rapist vanishes before trial begins

Police are searching for a man accused of child rape who they say disappeared one day before he was set to go to trial. Cedric Jones, 43, of Crestfield Drive in South Nashville, was free on $200,000 bond, but his electronic monitoring device was cut off Sunday. He had been indicted on four counts of aggravated rape and one count of aggravated kidnapping for a 2010 incident allegedly involving a 14-year-old girl.  READ MORE HERE

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN?

Jonathan Rodriguez Arzuaga is wanted in Fredericksburg, Va., for the alleged rape of a child, police said. Arzuaga, 20, was charged with rape of a victim under the age of 13, forcible sodomy and abduction for alleged offenses at a home on Airport Avenue, according to police. He was an acquaintance of the victim’s family.  READ MORE HERE

Complexities of Protecting Children from Emotional Abuse and Psychological Maltreatment

The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding the complexities associated with determining the occurrence of emotional abuse and psychological maltreatment on children by a primary caregiver. Specifically, the paper addresses how professionals faced with the responsibility of making these determinations assess the child-caregiver relationship; possible explanations for why assessing emotional abuse and psychological maltreatment tends to be much more subjective and difficult to prove compared to other forms of child maltreatment; and lastly, potential policy recommendations for enhancing the consistency and legitimacy of emotional abuse and psychological maltreatment findings across cases.  READ MORE HERE

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