Recent Report! This new report from the Committee on Population explores the causes, consequences and implications of demographic, economic and social changes that are vital to the development of sound social policy for an aging population. The report evaluates the recent contributions of social demography, social epidemiology, and sociology to the study of aging and identifies promising new research directions in these subfields. Read more

Recent Report! This report explores questions about the adequacy of healthcare for those entering and exiting the U.S. prisons and jails.The workshop, on which this report is based, was undertaken as part of a larger study on the causes and consequences of high rates of incarceration in the United States. Read More

Recent Report! This report, Research Opportunities Concerning the Causes and Consequences of Child Food Insecurity and Hunger: A Workshop Summary, explores questions about the causes and consequences of child hunger in the United States and reviews the adequacy of data, policies, and research to address this problem. Read more

Workshop: Exploring theIntersection of Science and Literacy in State Standards

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This report, a joint effort between the Committee on Law and Justice and the Board on Children, Youth and Families, released its report,is a comprehensive examination and synthesis of current research on commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of minors in the United States.

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This report provides new recommendations to respond to this public health challenge. While there has been great progress in research since the 1993 report Child Abuse and Neglect, a coordinated national research infrastructure with high-level federal support needs to be established and implemented. The report recommends an actionable framework to guide and support future child abuse and neglect research and identifies four areas to look to in developing a coordinated research enterprise: a national strategic plan, a new generation of researchers, and changes in federal and state programmatic and policy response.

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