Youth

The IACP has provided law enforcement leaders and practitioners innovative approaches and best practices for engaging with, and responding to, children and youth. This includes implementing positive police/youth engagement strategies, effective juvenile interview and interrogation practices, addressing school safety, enhancing law enforcement’s role with children exposed to violence, and combating child sex trafficking.

Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit

This Toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with…

Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit

Reducing Risks: An Executive's Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation

The juvenile interview and interrogation landscape is undergoing an unprecedented upheaval. Over the past decade, numerous studies have demonstrated that juveniles are particularly likely to…

Reducing Risks: An Executive's Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation

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Child Abuse

Child abuse and neglect have been traditionally regarded as the principal responsibility of child protective services and social welfare agencies. However, research has demonstrated that a...

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Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents

The arrest of a parent can have a significant impact on a child, whether or not the child is present at the time of the...

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Interviewing and Interrogating Juveniles

The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the emotional and developmental differences between adults and juveniles and the implications that this has on the conduct of...