ALL YOUR INFORMATION ON
CHILD & YOUTH VICTIMOLOGY
IN JUST ONE PLACE !
USA FOR CHILD
Becoming a victim
when you are young
can be avoided ...
That's where we can help !
"Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seriously, and to be treated with tenderness and respect.
They should be allowed to grow into whoever they were meant to be - the unknown person inside each of them is our hope for the future."
Janusz Korczak, 1920, pediatrician, educator, and inspiration behind the Convention on the Rights of the Child
DO YOU NEED US?
You have access to a unique platform
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A platform that brings together essential information on Child and Youth victimization: Definitions, news, statistical data, expert opinions, and legal monitoring.
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A platform that offers documented and comparative legal analyses to develop new avenues for reflection on existing gaps.
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A platform that addresses all forms of abuse: Neglect, child abuse, sexual abuse, child trafficking, and even suicide.
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A comprehensive and accurate platform.
You share our passion for justice
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You understand that protecting Child and Youth is everyone's business.
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You discover the severity of their trauma and the need to address it as quickly as possible.
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You realize how the unrecognized victimization of minors can lead them to delinquency.
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OUR GOALS
INFORMING
USAFORCHILD.COM focuses on Child and Youth victimology across all backgrounds, origin, sex, race, religion, and social circumstances. Knowledge of the specific nature of the traumas endured by Child victims and their often irreversible effects is indeed a necessary prerequisite for any search for lasting preventive and curative solutions. Therefore, the site offers straightforward, current resources and expertise to help users understand laws and victimization issues. It includes expert articles backed by peer-reviewed sources, interviews, and insights from professionals, highlighting the specific impacts of trauma on young victims and supporting informed prevention and intervention.
ALERTING
USAFORCHILD.COM offers detailed information about the signs and symptoms of maltreatment experienced by minors, whether perpetrated by family members or others. The website aims to help professionals identify potential cases of Child or Youth abuse promptly. It also provides information about common methods used by offenders so that both the public and young people can recognize and avoid risky situations. Additionally, it highlights the increased likelihood of Child and Youth who have experienced maltreatment developing behavioral issues if they do not receive early support or intervention.
CARING
USAFORCHILD.COM also highlights effective tools, techniques, and care that help Child and Youth overcome silence, suffering, isolation and exclusion. It also emphasizes the benefits of Restorative Justice, which has shown positive results in the US and Europe for minor offenses by supporting healing through appropriate interaction with offenders.
SUGGESTING
USAFORCHILD.COM offers expertise in foreign criminal law and law enforcement systems, providing guidance to officials, professionals, students, and victim advocates on enhancing legal protections for American Child and Youth against all types of victimization. Recommendations include deterrent measures adapted to the often-hidden nature of Child and Youth maltreatment and proposals for legislative reform.
SCHEDULING
USAFORCHILD.COM starts by responding to user messages, then gathers recent peer-reviewed research and new Child and Youth victimization laws. After thorough comparative analysis and original synthesis, articles are posted online for prompt reading. New interviews are also conducted regularly with professionals like police officers, judges, counselors, teachers, social workers, and health experts to showcase fieldwork and emphasize real efforts in protecting and advocating for young victims.
ABOUT THE FOUNDER
Martine C. Lea Mergui, founder of USAFORCHILD.COM, is an expert in American, French and European criminal law and procedure. She holds master's degrees in business law and political science from the University of Paris-Panthéon-Sorbonne, and in criminal law and practice from the University of Paris-Saclay. She also earned a Bachelor of Science in American criminal justice with the highest honors from Florida International University in Miami, Florida.
She has spent much of her life working to defend the rights of victims, with particular emphasis on minors because of their inherent vulnerability.
Her professional experience encompasses advocacy for children in school disciplinary proceedings, as well as collaboration with associations and law firms dedicated to defending victims of all ages. Her extensive work in the field has built her expertise in Child and Youth victimology, and strengthened her commitment to advancing child protection protocols and implementing criminal law more effectively.
Additionally, she used her findings to author a memoir dedicated to “The Evolution of Criminal Protection for Minors Against Sexual Crimes and Offenses”. This research (...)
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TESTIMONIALS
Veronique L.
Physics teacher
Florida, U.S.A.
"This website is revolutionary for educators like me, who frequently struggle to recognize instances of child abuse due to limited awareness of the various concealed forms of victimization affecting minors."
Andre M.
Retired manager
Cannes, FRANCE
"Thank you for this informative and so clear website! As a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, I became better able to put into words the situations I have experienced with my children since reading these articles. I also understand much better the reactions of our young ones and the importance of providing them with security and dialogue at all times. Keep informing us!"
Cyril B.
Lawyer
New York, N.Y., U.S.A.
"What an amazing tool that enables us, as legal professionals, to gain a comprehensive and accurate vision of the challenges faced by minor victims, both in accessing our services and in revealing their suffering appropriately!"
Elise O.
Lawyer
Paris, FRANCE