Description: Combining research, case studies, and personal experience, this book identifies the unique challenges of investigating child abuse, bringing the perpetrators to justice, and healing the trauma inflicted.
Brief description: Daniel Murphy, MJA, is assistant professor of criminology at the University of Lynchburg in Lynchburg, Virginia. Professor Murphy has been teaching at colleges and universities for over fourteen years. His areas of specialization are police policy and procedures, child abuse, juvenile justice and victims. Professor Murphy created and teaches a course on child abuse which has been recognized as an academic resource through the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC). He has written other books and articles on the subject of child abuse and exploitation, including Child Abuse: Today's Issues (2016, with Kimberly McCabe). Professor Murphy has lectured nationally on topics including but not limited to "Child Abuse in the Military" and "How to Measure Emotional Abuse." Professor Murphy recently completed research on evaluating the child abuse mandatory reporting laws and will be presenting his findings at the Southern Criminal Justice Conference. Prior to teaching, he served as a police officer in New England for twenty-one years where he specialized in the investigations of child exploitation, and he received the "Officer of the Year" award twice during his tenure in law enforcement.