Crimes Against Children Research Center [CCRC] Law and Legal Definition
The Crimes Against Children Research Center (CCRC) is the U.S. Department of Justice venture to fight crimes against children by providing high-quality research and statistics to the public, policymakers, law enforcement personnel, and other child welfare practitioners. The CCRC works for children and adolescents, from birth through age 17, who have been victimized, both within and outside the family.
The CCRC addresses following criminal acts:
a. sexual assault, abduction, theft, robbery, and aggravated assault against children;
b. physical, sexual, and emotional child abuse;
c. child neglect;
d. child-to-child violence;
e. indirect child victimization by family member or friend.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act of 2003
- Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB)
- Administration for Children and Families
- Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
- Admission Against Interest
- Against the Form of the Statute
- Against the Peace and Dignity of the State
- Against the Will
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Aggravated Sexual Assault Against a Child
