Stop It Now! Executive Director Deborah Donovan Rice is making the rounds of talk radio to increase awareness of child sexual abuse prevention.

“On-the-Line,” Child Welfare League of America's radio show  interviews Stop It Now! Executive Director for National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The focus of this edition of “On-the-Line” is the silent epidemic of childhood sexual abuse — a widespread major public health problem in our society that affects thousands of children and adolescents in the United States each year.

"Jenna's Law," which took effect in Texas on Sept. 1, mandates that teachers, parents and students be made aware of the signs of child sexual abuse.   Read more at  http://crimeblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/09/jennas-law-requires-sch...

A new study of the risk factors for the perpetration of child sexual abuse shows that sex offenders against children were not different from those who sexually offended against adults other than showing lower externalizing behaviors.