State Statutes

Anatomical Dolls

Use of Anatomical Dolls in (updated November 2014)

Animal Abuse Link

Bestiality as a Trigger for Sex Offender Registration (updated August 2014) Criminal Penalties for Exposing Children to Animal Abuse (updated September 2014) State Chart — Animal Abuse as Prior Domestic Violence Acts (updated June 2014)

Autopsies

Autopsies in Child Death Cases (updated September 2011) Child Autopsies and Death Review Team Summary Chart

CCTV

Closed-Circuit Television Statutes (updated Aug. 2012)

Child Endangerment

Child Endangerment/Failure to Protect Laws (updated August 2014) Child Endangerment" section as "Mothers & Babies Testing Positive for Drugs at Birth (updated July 2011) Hyperthermia Statutes: Children Unattended In Vehicles (updated August 2014)

Child Neglect

Criminal Child Neglect and Abandonmnent (updated 2014) Child Neglect and Termination of Parental Rights (updated February 2012)

Child Sexual Abuse Accomodation Syndrome

Admissibility of Expert Testimony as to CSAAS (updated November 2014)

Child Witnesses

Case law & Statutory Compilation Regarding the Presence of Support Person for Child Witnesses (updated January 2013) Child Witnesses and Comfort Items (updated October 2014) Competency of Child Witnesses to Testify in Criminal Proceedings (updated March 2011) Leading Questions and Child Witnesses (updated June 2011) Limiting the Number of Interviews for Child Victims (updated April 2011) Rules of Evidence or Statutes Governing Out of Court Statements of Children (updated May 2014) U.S. States with Juvenile Competency Statutes (updated 2012)

Civil Commitment

Involuntary Civil Commitment Related to Criminal Offenses (updated December 2010) Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders (updated April 2012)

Consent Laws

Minor Consent to Medical Treatment Laws (updated January 2013) Unlawful Sexual Intercourse with a Minor Criminal Statutes Chart (2010) Victims with Disabilities - At Age of Consent but Have Diminished Capacity (updated July 2011)

Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying — Criminal Charging (updated July 2011) Cyberbullying — Schools and Public Libraries (updated July 2011)

Delinquency Proceedings

Jury Rights for Juveniles in Delinquency Proceedings (updated June 2011) Juvenile Transfer to Adult Court (updated December 2014)

Drug Endangered Children

Drug Endangered Children (updated March 2011)

Emotional Maltreatment

Emotional Maltreatment (updated January 2015)

Enhanced Penalties

Enhanced Penalties for Assault & Battery of a Child (updated August 2009) Enhanced Penalties for Child Homicide (updated April 2011)

Failure to Protect

Child Endangerment/Failure to Protect Laws (updated August 2014)

Forfeiture

Forfeiture by Wrongdoing (updated March, 2010)

Female Genital Mutilation

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Statutes (updated March 2013)

Homicide

Child Homicide (updated March 2013)

Incest

Incest Statutes (updated March 2013) Criminal Incest Chart (updated Jan. 2010)

Kidnapping

Parental Kidnapping Statutes (updated June 2010)

Mandated Reporting

State Laws Regarding Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse (updated September 2016) Clergy Communications and Clergy as Mandated Reporters (updated January 2012)

Multidisciplinary Teams

Child Death Review Teams (updated Feb. 2012) Investigating & Prosecuting Child Abuse Multidisciplinary Teams (updated Jan. 2015)

Obscenity

Obscenity (updated June 2010)

Online Solicitation

Computer Facilitated Luring and Solicitation (updated June 2010)

Physical Child Abuse Penalties

Physical Child Abuse Penalties (updated Nov. 2014)

Child Pornography

Child Pornography — Comprehensive (updated June 2010) Child Pornography — Distribution and Promotion (updated March 2010) Child Pornography — Possession (updated March 2010) Child Pornography — Production (updated June 2010) Child Pornography — Viewing (updated June 2012)

Rape Shield

Rape Shield Statutes (updated March 2011) Rape Shield Summary Chart (updated Jan. 2010)

Sex Offender Registration

Restriction or Ban of Social Networking Use for Sex Offenders Compilation (July 2013) Sex Offender Registry — Alabama to Missouri (updated January 2013) Sex Offender Registry — Montana-Wyoming (updated January 2013) Sex Offender Registry — U.S. Territories and Federal Legislation (updated January 2013)

Self Exploitation/ Sexting

Sexting (updated July 2011)

Sentencing

Sentencing in Child Maltreatment Cases (updated June 2010) General Sentencing Guidelines (updated July 2010)

Sexual Offenses

Sexual Offenses Against Children (updated July 2013)

Speedy Trial

Speedy Trial Statutes in Cases with Child Victims and Witnesses (updated May 2011)

Statute of Limitations

Statutes of Limitations for Prosecution of Child Abuse (updated August 2012) Statutes of Limitations for Civil Action for Offenses Against Children (updated May 2013)

Strangulation

Criminal Strangulation/Impeding Breathing (updated November 2014)

Subpoenas

Administrative Subpoena Authority (updated September 2011)

Torture

Child Torture: State Statutory Considerations (updated March 2009) Adult Statutory Considerations Used to Prosecute Child Torture Offenders (updated March 2009) Child Torture (updated July 2013)

Trafficking

Child Protection Laws Regarding Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (updated February 2012) Civil Remedies for Human Trafficking Victims (updated January 2012) Domestic Minor Human Sex Trafficking (updated March 2015) Human Trafficking Chart (updated December 2011) Statutory Frameworks Used to Charge Children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (Prostitution & Promoting Statutes) & Alternatives to Prosecution (updated February 2012)

Child Victim Interviews

Legislation Limiting the Number of Interviews (updated April 2011) Admissibility of Videotaped Interviews/Statements in Criminal Child Abuse Proceedings (updated September 2010)

Voyeurism

Voyeurism/"Peeping Tom" Statutes (updated July 2010)