Updated March 27, 2008 - University of Colorado
Curriculum Vitae
Gary B. Melton
Home and Office Addresses
Fall-Winter: 419 Hazel Grove Lane, Crozet, VA 22932 (phone: 434 812 2172; FAX: 434 812 2169)
Spring-Summer: 2 Spruce Trail, Lenox, MA 01240 (phone: 413 551 7250)
Year-round: Cell: 864 934 1151; E-mail: gary.melton@cuanschutz.edu
Principal Affiliation
Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Education
University of Virginia, BA with high distinction (psychology), 1973
Echols Scholar; duPont Regional Scholar; Phi Eta Sigma; Alpha Phi Omega; Phi Beta Kappa
Boston University, MA (clinical/community psychology), 1975
Boston University, PhD (clinical/community psychology), 1978
Licensure as a Psychologist (approximate dates; currently on inactive status)
Kentucky, 1979
Nebraska, 1982
Current Positions
2013- Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2012-13 Visiting Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine
2012- Professor of Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health
2012-18 Associate Director for Community Development and Social Policy, Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
2013- Affiliated Faculty, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health
2014- Adjoint Professor of Psychology, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Currently on phased retirement (part-time employment) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; scheduled to complete retirement in summer 2022; assigned first to create and now to develop a new international journal on child protection, with support from The Kempe Foundation and The Haruv Institute and publication by Springer in Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2015- Visiting Professor of Education and Human Development, Department of Human Services, University of Virginia
2018, 2019 Lecturer in Psychology, University of Virginia
2016-17 Visiting Professor of Family Medicine, University of Virginia
2012-19 Adjunct Professor of Youth, Family, and Community Studies, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University
2018- Affiliated Member, Graduate Faculty (Social Work), Virginia Commonwealth University
Previous Academic Appointments
1973 Teaching Assistant, Boston University
1974-78 Senior Teaching Fellow (Lecturer), Boston University
1974-78 Visiting Lecturer in Psychology, Framingham State University (then Framingham State College)
1976 Lecturer in Education, Boston College
1977 Visiting Lecturer in Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell (then University of Lowell)
1978-79 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Morehead State University
1979-81 Director of Research, Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, University of Virginia
1979-81 Assistant Professor of the General Faculty (School of Law) and Psychology, University of Virginia
1981-82 Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1982-85 Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (early tenure granted, 1984)
1982-94 Director, Law/Psychology Program, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Department of Psychology and College of Law)
1983-85 Assistant Professor of Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1985-87 Professor of Psychology and Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1986-87 Adjunct Faculty, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
1987-94 Carl Adolph Happold Professor of Psychology and Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1987-94 Director, Center on Children, Families, and the Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1987-2001 Director, Consortium on Children, Families, and Law
1989 Visiting Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
1989-90 Fulbright Professor, Norwegian Center for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (then University of Trondheim)
1993-94 Consultant (Director-designate), Institute for Families in Society, University of South Carolina
1994-99 Professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of South Carolina (tenured appointment)
1994-99 Adjunct Professor of Law and Psychology, University of South Carolina
1995-99 Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics, University of South Carolina
1997 Doctoral Examiner, University of the Free State (South Africa)
1998-99 Affiliated Faculty, Women’s Studies Program, University of South Carolina
1998-99 Doctoral Examiner, Free University of Amsterdam
1999-2012 Director, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University
1999-2012 Professor of Psychology (tenured appointment) and of Family and Community Studies, Clemson University
2010-12 Doctoral Supervisor, Loyola University Chicago
2013 Doctoral Examiner, National University of Australia
2010-13 Professor Extraordinary, Centre for Psychology and Law, University of the Free State (South Africa)
Applied Experience (does not include most workshop presentations)
1970-73 Camp counselor and boys' director, Virginia Easter Seal Society
1973 Counselor for juvenile delinquents, Community Attention, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia
1974-75 Intern in Clinical Child Psychology, Developmental Evaluation Clinic, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston
1975-76 Intern in Clinical Child Advocacy, Massachusetts Office for Children, Region VI, and Solomon Carter Fuller Mental Health Clinic, Boston University Medical Center
1976 Consultant, Boston Children's Museum
1976-78 Director of Adolescent Services, Dorchester Mental Health Center, Boston
1978 Psychologist, Child Development Clinic-Southside, Virginia Department of Health, Danville, Virginia
1979 Psychologist, Morehead Clinic, Morehead, Kentucky
1979 Consultant, Federal Correctional Institution, Ashland, Kentucky
1979-81 Psychologist, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, University of Virginia
1980-89 Private practice of clinical-community psychology (part-time)
1981 Consultant, American Academy of Judicial Education
1985-86 Consultant, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (occasional workshop presentations)
1986-87 Consultant, Nebraska Department of Public Institutions (assisted in development of Nebraska child mental health plan)
1988-89 Consultant, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
1988-90 Consultant, Center for Study of Youth Policy, University of Michigan
1988-97 Consultant, South Carolina Department of Mental Health
1989-90 Consultant, Division of Child Mental Health, Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Families
1989 Consultant, New York State Office of Mental Health
1989 Consultant, Hawaii Division of Mental Health
1989 Consultant, Michigan Department of Mental Health
1989-93 Member and vice-chair (1991-93), U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect (appointment by Secretary of Health and Human Services; re-appointment, 1991)
1992 Consultant, National Coalition for Mentally Ill in the Justice System
1992 Consultant, Judicial Council of California
1992-94 Member, Nebraska Commission on Child Protection (appointment by the governor; pro bono service)
1993, thereafter Consultant, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina
1995 Item Writer, Psychology Examination, Professional Examination Service
1995-96 Fulbright Scholars Program (pro bono service on Psychology Advisory Committee and Scandinavia Review Committee)
1996, thereafter Juvenile Justice Task Force Resource Team (appointment by the Governor of South Carolina; pro bono service)
1997 Consultant, The Carter Center Mental Health Program
1997-98 Consultant, The Public Committee for the Reexamination, in the Light of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child, of Legislative Principles Pertaining to Children and the Law, Israeli Ministry of Justice and National Council for the Child (committee appointed by the Israeli Minister of Justice and composed of Ministry officials, judges, professors, and practicing professionals)
1998 Member, U.S. Attorney General’s Expert Panel on School Violence
2000-01 Member, Committee on the Training Needs of Health Professionals to Respond to Family Violence, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council
2000-01 Consultant, Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center through the University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute
2001 Member, Subcommittee on Human Subjects, National Science Foundation, 2001
2001-02 Member, Panel on Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and Neglect, National Research Council (pro bono service)
2002 Consultant, Childwatch International (assisted in development of Asian and African child research centers)
2005 Consultant, South Carolina Educational Oversight Committee
2006 Consultant, UNICEF (for the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child); discussions reported at U.N. Doc. No. CRC/C/43/3
2006 External expert to provide background for a General Comment on child participation, U. N. Committee on the Rights of the Child
2006-07 Consultant, Miami-Dade County Department of Juvenile Services
2008 Consultant, Wayne Francis Charitable Trust, Christchurch, New Zealand
2012 External expert, U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, Accountability Technical Meeting, Sion, Switzerland
2015 Consultant, CommunitySync, Austin, TX
2020- Consultant and developer, various Strong Communities sites
in collaboration with (a) Heartland for Children, Inc., in Bartow, FL (serving Polk Co., FL), and its potential partners Central Florida Health Center and Southeastern University and (b) the Tennyson Center (serving selected neighborhoods in Denver, CO, and counties elsewhere in CO)
Awards
Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, Division 18, American Psychological Association (APA) (1981)
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, APA (1985)
First recipient, Lincoln Jaycees Outstanding Young Professor Award (1988)
Outstanding Academic Books, Choice (1988)
Special award for service to the Division of Child, Youth, & Family Services (now the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice), APA (1990)
Nicholas Hobbs Award, Division of Child, Youth, & Family Services (now the Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice), APA (1992)
Harold Hildreth Award, Division of Psychologists in Public Service, APA (1992)
Donna Stone Award, National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (now Prevent Child Abuse America; 1992)
Frederick Howell Lewis Award, Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology (1993)
Charter diplomate, American Board of Assessment Psychology (1993; diploma formally issued, 1996)
Admiral of the Nebraska Navy (honorific title bestowed by the governor for contributions to child policy in Nebraska, 1994)
Distinguished Alumnus, University of Virginia Department of Psychology (1996; first time that a graduate of the undergraduate program was so honored)
Leadership in Research Award (first place), University of South Carolina (1996; recognition of the Institute for Families in Society for largest growth in sponsored research at USC)
Research Award, South Carolina Professional Society on Abuse of Children (1997)
Karl Heiser Presidential Award, APA (1998)
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Public Service,* APA (1999)
*now known as the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Institutional Practice
Lynn Stuart Weiss Lectureship, American Psychological Foundation (2000)
Media Award, South Carolina Professional Society on Abuse of Children (2003)
Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology, APA (2005)
Award for Career Achievement in Research, American Professional Society on Abuse of Children (2005)
Presidential Award for Distinguished Service, American Orthopsychiatric Association (2006)
Blanche F. Ittleson Award, American Orthopsychiatric Association (2009; recognition of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life for distinction in the advancement of child mental health)
Special award for improvement of the quality of life of children and families in Upstate South Carolina, Center for Community Services, Simpsonville, SC (2011)
Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest, APA (2014)
Only individual to be honored with four APA Distinguished Contributions Awards across his career; one of only three to be honored with at least three such awards
Albert Nelson Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award, 2018, 2019 (top 5% of listed individuals in Marquis Who’s Who volumes)
Peer-reviewed listings of Strong Communities for Children (developed by Melton and colleagues) as an evidence-based program
California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare, 2016 (listed as a promising program)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, 2016 (pre-screened as evidence-based)
Listed in numerous biographical directories (partial list; some are no longer current): Who's Who in the World; Who’s Who in America (25 years, as of 2019); Who’s Who in the West; Who’s Who in American Education; Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care; Who’s Who in American Law; Who’s Who in Science and Engineering; Dictionary of International Biography; 2,000 Leading Scientists of the 20th Century; Who’s Who in the 21st Century; Outstanding People of the 21st Century; 1,000 Great Americans; 2,000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century; Great Minds of the 21st Century (limited to 1,000 honorees)
Offices and Memberships in Psychological Associations and Mental Health Organizations
American Psychological Association (Fellow)
Committee on International Relations in Psychology, 2000-02
Chair, Working Group on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2001-02 (author of related APA resolution)
Chair, Subcommittee on the Convention Program, 2000-01
UN Policy Committee, 2000-01
ABA/APA Family Institute Working Group, 1998 and some time thereafter
Advisory Group to Child Abuse Policy Project, 1989-90
Sponsor of APA initiative on child abuse, 1990
Working Group on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1994 and some time thereafter
Chair, Working Group on Legal Issues Related to Child Abuse and Neglect, 1991-94
Committee for the Protection of Human Participants in Research, 1983-87
Chair, 1986-87
Chair, Working Group on Double-Blind Clinical Trials, 1987
Task Force on Avoiding Heterosexist Bias in Research, 1985-87
Committee on Public Interest Awards, 1991, 2014
Planning Group on AIDS, 1986-87
Task Force on AIDS, 1987-1989
Steering Committee, NIMH-funded project to train mental health professionals about AIDS, 1988-89
Division 9 (Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues)—Fellow (former member)
Courtwatch Committee, 1982-87; chair, 1984-87
Division 12 (Society of Clinical Psychology)—Fellow (former member)
Section 1 (Section on Clinical Child Psychology; later became Division 53) Ethics Committee, 1984-85
Task Force on Innovative Service Models, 1992-93
Fellows Committee, 2002-04; chair, 2002
Section 9 (Section on Psychological Assessment)
Division 18 (Division of Psychologists in Public Service)—Fellow (former member)
Program Committee, 1981
Section on Criminal Justice; chair, 1982
Section on Evaluation
Division 27 (Society for Community Research and Action)—Fellow
Program Committee, 1986 and some subsequent meetings
Nominations Committee, 1988
Division 34 (Division of Population and Environmental Psychology)—Fellow (former member)
Division 36 (Division of Psychology of Religion) (former member)
Division 37 (Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice)—Fellow
Newsletter editor, 1980-82
Treasurer, 1982-84
President-elect, 1985
President, 1986
Past president, 1987
APA Council Representative, 1988-1991
Program Committee, 1983, 1985, and some subsequent meetings
Fellows Committee, 1991, 2002
Advisory Board member, Section on Child Maltreatment, 1996 and several years thereafter
Chaired various task forces on legal issues, civil commitment of minors, adolescent abortion, behavioral toxicology, and financing and regulation of children's services
Division 41 (American Psychology-Law Society)—Fellow
Newsletter editor, 1981-84, 1991
Program Committee, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993
Committee on Professional Responsibility, 1984-86
Secretary-treasurer, 1984-87
Member-at-large, 1987-89
President-elect, 1989-90
President, 1990-91
Past President, 1991-92
Chair, State-of-the-Field Initiative, 1991 and some time thereafter; steering committee, Presidential Initiative on Taking Psychology and Law into the Twenty-First Century, 1999
Chair, Awards and Nominations Committee, 1992
Division 46 (Division of Media Psychology)—Fellow (former member)
Division 48 (Society for Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence) (former member)
Division 52 (Division of International Psychology)—Fellow (former member)
Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; formerly the Section on Clinical Child
Psychology)—Fellow (former member)
Section 1 (Section on Clinical Child Psychology) Ethics Committee, 1984-85
Task Force on Innovative Service Models, 1992-93
Division 56 (Trauma Psychology) (former member)
Task Force on Services for Families of Incarcerated Persons, 2000 and some time thereafter (first sponsored by APA Division 29 [Psychotherapy] and then Division 12 [Clinical]); co-authored resolution for consideration by the APA Council of Representatives)
American Orthopsychiatric Association—Fellow
President-elect, 2003
President, 2004-05
Past president, 2006-07
American Psychological Society—Fellow
American Association of Community Psychiatrists (former member)
University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium
Planning Committee, 2009
Board of Directors, Omni Behavioral Health, Omaha, NE, 1993-2005
Board of Consultants, Red Toad Road Company (continuing education for mental health professionals), 2004-present
National Advisory Committee, Buros Institute for Mental Measurements, 1995-99
Mental Health Association in South Carolina
Strategic Planning Task Force, 1998
American Bar Association Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, 1990-93
International Academy of Law and Psychiatry (former member)
Conference organizing committee, 1988
Mental Health Advisory Committee, Nebraska Advocacy Services, 1986-90
Examination committee, Nebraska psychology licensing board, 1988-89
Council of Community Psychology Program Directors (former member)
Treasurer, 1987-90
Nebraska State Bar Association Committee on Mental Health, 1985-89
Partners for Children's Mental Health and Voices for Children (Nebraska advocacy groups; former member)
Association for the Advancement of Psychology Board of Trustees, 1984-85
Nebraska Psychological Association (former member)
Committee on the Insanity Defense, 1982
Former liaison to Committee on Mental Health, Nebraska State Bar Association
South Carolina Psychological Association (former member)
Pro Bono Consultation and Miscellaneous Memberships
Childwatch International (global network of child research centers)
President, 1996-2003 (re-elected to a second three-year term in 1999; re-elected to a one-year transition term in 2003)
Board member, 1996-2005
Co-chair, Working Group on Effects of Economic and Political Change, 1998 and some time thereafter
Coordinator, Senior Fellow Consultation Program, 2001 and some time thereafter
Participant, Working Group on Religion and Spirituality of Children in Emerging and Transitional Societies, 2004-05
Organizer or co-organizer of several symposia and study groups on child research in Central and Eastern Europe
University of Virginia Alumni Association
Reunions Committee (Class of 1974), 2013-14 & 2018-19
University of Virginia, Jefferson Society, Alumni Advisory Council, 2019-21
Leader, Kempe-Haruv Fellows on child protection policy, and organizer of related study group meetings in Colorado Springs, Tulsa, Amsterdam, and Isle of Palms, SC
Organizing Committee, International Conference on Pediatrics and Neonatology, Amsterdam, 2019
International Society for Child Indicators (former member)
Scientific Advisory Committee, University of Leiden Conference on the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 2014
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
APSAC Center for Child Policy, Expert Panel on Child Maltreatment Reporting Laws, 2017-
Academy on Violence and Abuse (former member)
South Carolina Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (former member)
Board of Directors, 2004-07
Awards, Media (chair), and Program Committees, 2004
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Working Group to Develop a Proposed General Comment on the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 19, 2008 and some time thereafter
Principal organizer, Greenville Family Symposium (sponsored by the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the Clemson University Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, the International Family Therapy Association, and the International Society for Child Indicators)
Symposium on Building Safe, Humane, and Responsive Communities for Children and Families, March-April 2009
Symposium on Toward Inclusive Communities for Children and Families, April 2010
Pre-conference on Inclusive Communities for Indigenous Children and Families, April 2010
Symposium on The Quest for Health and Community: Democracy, Spirituality, and Neighborly Care for Families, April 2011
Symposium on Children, Families, and Society: A Half-Century of Change, March 2012
Symposium on Changing the Culture: Toward Healthy and Just Communities, April 2013
Pre-conference on The Rights of People with Disabilities, April 2013
Co-organizer, American Orthopsychiatric Association symposia on (a) the relevance of generational change for mental health policy and practice (University of South Florida, Tampa; March 2015) and (b) the meaning of community engagement for youth people (Tulane University, New Orleans; May 2015)
Consultant to the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in its planning of the JDC Center for European Jewish Children (Budapest), 2004
Advisory Committee, First Star Congressional Roundtable, 2003 and some time thereafter
American-Scandinavian Foundation (former member)
Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (former member)
Parents Anonymous
National Board of Directors, 1991-98
National Executive Vice-President, 1995-96
National Program Committee, 1990 and several years thereafter
National Finance Committee, 1994-96
State Board of Directors (South Carolina), 1994-96
Advisor to the State Board of Directors, 1996 and approximately a decade thereafter
Advisory board, Anderson School District 4 Parent Center, 2002 and some time thereafter
Steering Group member, Clemson University Restoration Institute, 2005
Delegation leader, People to People delegation to Northern Europe (Estonia, Finland, Norway, and Russia) on the topic of child protection, 1999
Board member, Prevent Child Abuse South Carolina, 1995-2001
Program chair and executive committee member, 2000-01
Board member, Family Services Center, Columbia, SC, 1996-99
Research Advisory Council, University of South Carolina, 1994-99
Executive Committee, 1996-99
Council on Economic Development, University of South Carolina, 1997-98
Chair, Committee on Rural and Community Development, 1997-98
Dean search committee, College of Education, University of South Carolina, 1997-98
Organizer of international symposia on the effects of political and economic transformation on children, Cape Town, South Africa, and Isle of Palms, SC (1998)
Expert panel member, Study of Child Protection Practice Methods, New Zealand Children, Young Persons and their Families Service, 1998
Expert panel member, Psychiatric and Psychological Evidence Project, Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law, American Bar Association, 1997-98
Reviewer, National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1998
Alliance for South Carolina's Children (former member)
Task Force on Juvenile Justice, 1994-95
Advisory Board, S.C. Educational Policy Seminars, 1995-96
Organizer of international symposium on children's right to a standard of living adequate for their development, Isle of Palms, SC, May 1996
Member, organizing committee, international symposium on indicators of the well-being of children in industrialized countries ("Beyond Survival"), Jerusalem (January 1996), Campobasso, Italy (June 1997), and Kiawah Island, SC (November 1998); co-chair, work group on indicators of children's rights, 1996-97; chair, work group on children’s civic involvement, 1998; principal organizer, 1998; member, steering committee, for Phase 2 of the initiative, 2000 and thereafter
Organizer of international symposium on research on treatment of abused and neglected children, Isle of Palms, SC, April 1995
Leader of study group on juvenile diversion, University of South Carolina, 1994-95
Advisory Committee, Healthy Families America Research Network, National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, 1995 and thereafter
American Academy of Pediatrics Working Group on Welfare Reform, 1995
Consultant, Kids and Court Educational Film Project, UCLA, approximately 1995
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, planning group for a network on children and the law, 1994
Childwatch International research group, 1994
Organizer of international symposia related to the International Year of the Family, Columbia, Charleston, and Lincoln, May 1994
Task Force on School Health Services, Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, South Carolina General Assembly, 1994
Invited participant in study group on adolescents' participation in research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994
Advisor to Nebraska Department of Social Services on Reframing Services for Children and Families, 1992-93
National Advisory Committee, National Symposium on Child Victimization, 1992
Invited participant, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regional summit on Child Abuse and Neglect, 1992
Advisory panel to National Institute of Mental Health on research on violence, 1992
Reviewer, ACYF/SRCD conferences on Head Start research, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
University of Nebraska Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award Committee, 1990-92
Delegation leader, Citizen Ambassador Program Child Welfare Group, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and Soviet Union, 1991
Advisory Committee, Lincoln-Lancaster Drug Projects, 1990
Invited participant, Seminar on Models for Monitoring Protection of Child Rights, UNICEF, Florence, Italy, 1990
Invited participant, NIMH-sponsored study group on private-sector involvement in child mental health services, 1989
Invited participant, NIMH conference on training in clinical child psychology, 1988
National Advisory Panel, Children and Youth Initiative of Detroit/Wayne County, 1988 and several years thereafter
Intergovernmental Team on Nebraska Children's Services, 1987; pro bono consultant to various state agencies in Nebraska, 1988-94
Planning committee for conference on child research ethics, Office for Protection from Research Risks, National Institutes of Health, 1987-89
Invited participant, NIMH workshop on severely disturbed adolescents and AIDS, 1988
Advisory Committee on Abortion Research, Alan Guttmacher Institute, 1987
Society for Research in Child Development (former member)
Program Committee, 1987
Advisory Committee, Child Maltreatment Curriculum Project, American Humane Association, 1986-87
Advisory Committee, Project on Children as Sources of Information, Erikson Institute, 1986-88
National Advisory Committee, National Conference on the Sexual Victimization of Children, 1986
Research Advisory Committee, National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse, 1986-88
Ethics Committee (elected position), UNL Psychology Department, 1985-91
Invited participant, National Symposium on the Child Victim of Sexual Abuse, National Conference on Juvenile and Family Court Judges, February 1985
Corresponding participant, National Summit Conference on Diagnosing Child Sexual Abuse, 1985
Task Force on AIDS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (former member)
Conference on Appalachian Children and Families (organizer)
Program Committee, 1980-84; chair, 1980; co-chair, 1981; vice-president, 1982-83
Testimony and Briefs Presented to Governmental Bodies
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, United States Senate, May 22, 1984, on the subject of child sexual abuse victims in the courtroom. (Testimony on behalf of the American Psychological Association and the Association for the Advancement of Psychology.)
Written testimony before the U.S. Attorney General's Task Force on Family Violence, summer 1984.
Participant in invited symposium on child molestation, Office of Justice Assistance, Research and Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice, October 1-5, 1984.
Testimony before the Attorney General's Task Force on Child Abuse within the Family, State of Minnesota, May 28, 1986.
Written testimony before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, United States House of Representatives, June 18, 1987, on the subject of prevention of HIV infection among adolescents. (Testimony on behalf of the American Psychological Association.)
Written testimony before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, United States House of Representatives, July 14, 1987, on the subject of financing of mental health services for children and youth. (Testimony on behalf of the American Psychological Association.)
Testimony before the Illinois Citizens Assembly, November 16, 1987, on the subject of for-profit psychiatric hospitals for children and youth.
Written testimony before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, May 1988, on the subject of the Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law.
Testimony before the U.S. Advisory Committee on Rural Health, January 23, 1990, on the subject of the health of rural adolescents.
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, United States Senate, May 21, 1991, on the subject of status offenders and child maltreatment. (Testimony on behalf of the American Psychological Association.)
Testimony before the Select Committee on Juvenile Justice, House of Assembly, South Australia, February 18, 1992, on the subject of alternatives in juvenile justice.
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice, United States Senate, March 4, 1992, on the subject of advocacy for youth in juvenile justice.
Testimony before the Committee on Health and Human Services, Nebraska Legislature, March 10, 1993, on the subject of child protection policy.
Statement before the Task Force on Juvenile Justice, House Judiciary Committee, South Carolina General Assembly, February 23, 1994, on the subject of juvenile justice policy.
Testimony before the Joint Committee on Children and Families and the Senate Education Committee, South Carolina General Assembly, March 30, 1994, on the subject of school safety.
Organizer and moderator of Congressional briefing series on "Children, Families, and the Law," 1989, 1991, and 1992; organizer or co-organizer, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 (sponsored by the Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law, the ABA Center on Children and the Law, the APA Public Interest Directorate, and APA Divisions 27, 37, and 41).
Briefings of Congressional staff on substance abusing parents (January 29, 1990), delinquency treatment programs (February 20, 1990), and law-related education programs (March 12, 1990); also made several presentations in the 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 series.
Principal author of proposed Nebraska LB 664 (Children's Mental Health Policy Act) and proposed LB 521 (Safe Children Policy Act), and contributor to proposed LB 662 (vetoed), 663 (enacted), 665, and 666 (package of bills to reform child and family services).
Principal author of legislation on school-based mental health services (enacted but relevant appropriation vetoed) and resolution on the International Year of the Family (enacted), South Carolina General Assembly, 1994.
Assisted in drafting of reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act, U.S. Senate, 1992.
Co-organizer of seminars on child and family policy for leaders in Nebraska state government, 1991-94.
Organizer of seminars on child and family policy for leaders in South Carolina state government, 1994 and 1995.
Expert witness in state and federal courts on diverse issues (e.g., competency to stand trial, abuse/neglect disposition, school prayer, adolescent abortion, death qualification of jurors).
Co-author of APA amicus briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court in Hartigan v. Zbaraz and Maryland v. Craig. Also consulted in preparation of APA briefs in Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (U.S. Supreme Court), Kentucky v. Stincer (U.S. Supreme Court), and Hodgson v. Minnesota (Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals).
Author of foreword (signed by D. Omar, Minister of Justice, and E. Rasool, Minister of Health and Welfare) to the provincial child protection plan, Western Cape, South Africa, 1996.
Statement before the South Carolina Educational Oversight Committee, February 17, 2000, on the subject of parent participation in the schools.
Presentation to the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child, July 8, 2006, in preparation for development of a General Comment on Article 12 and related provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Testimony before the federal Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, Denver, CO, on September 22, 2014.
Major Invited Addresses
Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1985, 1994
American Psychological Association (award address), 1986
Division 37, APA (presidential address), 1986
Division 37, APA (state-of-the-art address), 1987
Legal Psychology Group, German Psychological Society, 1987
Kendon Smith Lecture, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1988
Division 41, APA, 1988
Midwestern Psychological Association, 1989
Division 12, Section 1, APA, 1990
Symposium on Mental Health and Law, University of Virginia, 1990
Symposium on Children and the Law, American Bar Association, 1990
Southwestern Psychological Association (Psi Chi address), 1991
Division 41, APA (presidential address), 1991
Illinois State Bar Association convention on a bill of rights for children (keynote address), 1991
Division 37, APA (award address), 1992
Division 41, APA, 1992
Conference on Justice for Children (opening address), University of Glasgow, 1992
National Seminar on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia (Law Foundation Lecture), Adelaide, S. Australia, 1992
Master Lecture, American Psychological Association, 1993
Psi Chi, APA, 1993
Roberta A. Morris Memorial Lecture, University of Nebraska, 1995
Division 41, biennial meeting (keynote address), 1996
University of Virginia, Psychology Department, Distinguished Alumni Lecture, 1996
University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Christopher Taylor Anderson Lecture, 1997
Norwegian Center for Child Research Conference on Urban Childhood (keynote address in the child welfare track), 1997
Israel Ambulatory Pediatric Association, 1997
Division 41, APA, 1997
Conference on "Children's Rights: National and International Perspectives" (keynote address), University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1999
American Psychological Association (award address), 1999
Lynn Stuart Weiss Lecture, American Psychological Association, 2000
Division 37, APA, 2001
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, 2002
South Carolina Psychological Association, 2003
Prevent Child Abuse New York, 2004
South Carolina Professional Society on Abuse of Children, 2004
International Research Conference on Victimization of Children and Youth, University of New Hampshire, 2004
Festschrift Conference (Retirement Symposium) for Jaap Doek, Free University of Amsterdam, 2004
American Psychological Association (award address), 2005
Division 37, APA, 2005
American Orthopsychiatric Association Cape Cod Institute (presidential address), 2006
American Orthopsychiatric Association symposium, American Psychiatric Association Institute on Psychiatric Services, 2006
(Israeli) National Council for the Child, 2006
(Canadian) National Judicial Institute, 2007
Loyola University Symposium on Children’s Rights (keynote address), 2008
Children’s Memorial Hospital (Chicago; keynote address), 2008
First Greenville Family Symposium: Building Safe, Humane, and Responsive Communities for Children and Families (sponsored by the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the Clemson University Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, the International Family Therapy Association, and the International Society for Child Indicators; opening lecture), Greenville, SC, 2009
Monash University symposium on child and family law (keynote address), Prato, Italy, 2009
International Society for Child Indicators (opening keynote address), Sydney, New South Wales, 2009
Queensland University of Technology (keynote address at a conference organized around my work), Brisbane, 2009
Southern Cross University (keynote address at a conference designed around my work), Lismore, New South Wales, 2009
Asia Pacific Conference (opening keynote address), International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Perth, Western Australia, 2009; available at
Families South Australia (keynote address at a conference designed around my work), Adelaide, 2009
Second Greenville Family Symposium: A Place for Us: Building Inclusive Communities for Children and Families (same sponsors as prior symposium; opening address), Greenville, SC, 2010
Third Greenville Family Symposium: The Quest for Health and Community: Democracy, Spirituality, and Neighborly Caring (same sponsors as prior symposia; closing address), Greenville, SC, 2011
University of Haifa conference on child protection (keynote address), 2011
Colorado School of Public Health, Injury and Violence Seminar Series, Aurora, CO, 2012; available at
Fourth Greenville Family Symposium: Children, Families, and Society: A Half-Century of Change (same sponsors as prior symposia, plus Haruv Institute; closing address), Greenville, SC, 2012
University of Haifa conference on child protection policy (principal address), 2012
Fifth Greenville Family Symposium: Changing the Culture: Toward Healthy and Just Communities (same sponsors as the Fourth Symposium; opening address), Greenville, SC, 2013
Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration (principal speaker), Center on Children, Families, and the Law, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2013
Colorado School of Public Health, Global Health Lecture Series, Aurora, CO, 2014
American Psychological Association (award address), Washington, DC, 2014
British Association for Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (plenary debate on mandated reporting), Edinburgh, Scotland, 2015 (delivered by Jill D. McLeigh)
International Conference on Pediatrics and Neonatology (keynote address), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2019 (to have been delivered by Carmit Katz; canceled because of airport closure)
Editorial Service
Founding editor, International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice (principal sponsors: The Haruv Institute, The Kempe Center, and The Kempe Foundation; publisher: Springer), 2018-22
Co-editor, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2009-2014 (2010-2014 volumes); senior editor, 2014-2021
Co-editor, Child Abuse and Neglect, 2013-2015 (Thomson Reuter 2-yr citation index = 2.574 in 2014 [#2 in social work; #3 in family studies]; Google Scholar h5 index = 39 [#2 in social work]); during my 3-yr term, the number of pages published and the number of manuscripts submitted nearly tripled, as the appearance, interest level, and readability all improved markedly; also, the average time from submission to final decision decreased from 35.5 to 12.5 weeks)
Editor, The Community (magazine section) and Inside the Beltway (Washington report), American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2010-2014
Producer and frequent host, “Community Matters” (occasional segment on “Your Day” on South Carolina Educational Radio), 2001 and several years thereafter
General editor, Series on Children and the Law, University of Nebraska Press, 1983 and several years thereafter
General editor, Series on Child, Youth, and Family Services, University of Nebraska Press, 1989 and several years thereafter
Lead editor, Family Futures, vols. 1 and 2 (1997 & 1998)
Associate editor, Law and Human Behavior, 1986-87
Editor, "Adversary Forum," Law and Human Behavior, 1988-1992
Editor, "Judicial Notebook," APA Monitor, 1984-87
Editor, Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services Newsletter, 1980-82
Editor, Division of Psychology and Law Newsletter, 1981-84
Editor of special sections of American Psychologist on adolescent abortion (1987), use of psychology in the legal system (1987), discrimination against people with mental disabilities (1987), developments in family law (1989), gay rights (1989), and child and family policy (1995; guest action editor, 1992)
Co-editor of special issue of Child Abuse & Neglect on community factors in child maltreatment and child protection (2015)
Lead editor of special issues on the Strong Communities initiative in Family and Community Health (2008), American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (2020 [forthcoming]), and International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice (2020 [forthcoming])
Lead editor of special issues of International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice (2020 or 2021; forthcoming) on child protection policy reform and on European innovations in child protection policy and practice
Editor or co-editor of special sections (American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2020 [forthcoming]) emerging from the Greenville Family Symposium
Co-editor of special issue of International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice on “New Directions in Child Protection Research, Policy, and Practice” [disruption papers selected in national competition sponsored by the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN), 2019 (forthcoming)]
Editorial board member, International Journal of Children's Rights; Journal of Forensic Psychology Research and Practice (senior advisor); Journal of Community Positive Practices; Advances in Child and Family Policy and Practice; Adolescent Psychiatry
Former editorial board member, Journal of Clinical Child Psychology; Professional Psychology: Research and Practice; Professional School Psychology; Child and Youth Services; Continuum Encyclopedia of Counseling; Law and Policy; Violence UpDate; Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review; Childhood; Law and Human Behavior; Violence and Abuse Abstracts: A Review of Current Literature on Interpersonal Violence; Applied Developmental Science: An Encyclopedia of Research, Policies, and Programs; Contemporary Issues in Lesbian and Gay Psychology; Psychotherapy; Children and Youth Services Review; Journal of Criminology (action editor); International Journal of Child Rights and Research; Open Ethics and Law Journal; SAGE Open (action editor); Journal of Child and Family Studies; Ethics and Behavior
Former consulting editor, Criminal Justice and Behavior
Consulting editor, Review of Research in Education, 1990; Child and Family Advocacy: Bridging the Gaps Among Research, Practice, and Policy (volume sponsored by American Psychological Association Division 37 and edited by Anne McDonald Culp; published in 2014 by Springer), 2012-13
Occasional reviewer, JAMA; American Journal of Community Psychology; Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology; Applied Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology; American Psychologist; International Journal of Law and Psychiatry; Journal of Pediatric Psychology; Journal of Studies on Alcohol; Child Development; Psychological Bulletin; Canadian Psychology; Law and Society Review; Behavioral Sciences and the Law; Criminal Justice and Behavior; Journal of Adolescent Health Care; Politics and the Life Sciences; Sex Roles; Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology; American Journal on Mental Retardation; American Journal of Psychiatry; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Developmental Psychology; Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology; Prevention Science; American Journal of Evaluation; Journal of Pediatrics; World Journal of Pediatrics; Journal of Urban Health; Criminology and Public Policy; British Journal of Psychology; New England Journal of Medicine; Psychiatric Services; Psychology of Violence; Youth and Society; Psychology, Crime, and Law; Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology; Law and Social Inquiry; Law, Psychology, and Public Policy; Global Mental Health; Trauma, Violence, and Abuse; BMJ Open; Social Inclusion; Child Abuse & Neglect; Community Development; Plenum Press (now Springer); University of Nebraska Press; F. A. Davis Publishing Co.; Random House; W. W. Norton; Clinical Psychology Press; Springer-Verlag; Jossey-Bass; Allyn & Bacon; Ohio State University Press; University of Pennsylvania Press; Brooks/Cole; Brown & Benchmark; Greenwood; Free Press; Guilford; Houghton-Mifflin; Sage; Johns Hopkins University Press; Indiana University Press; National Research Council; Oxford University Press; NYU Press; Teachers College Press; Routledge
Review panelist, National Institute of Handicapped Research, 1980; National Institute of Mental Health research training, 1984 (site team visit); National Institute of Mental Health special review group, 1985; U. S. Department of Education Handicapped Children's Early Education Program, 1987; National Institute of Mental Health special review group, 1988; National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect review group, 1991; National Institute of Mental Health special reviewer, 1994; Individual and Small Group Intervention Team Scientific Review Panel, National Center for HIV, STP, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1998-2000: National Institutes of Health Panel on Child Neglect Research, 2000; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2002; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention special emphasis panels, 2008, 2010; National Institute on Drug Abuse review panel on clinical research training, 2010; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development special emphasis panel on CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research in Child Abuse and Neglect, 2016 & 2018; National Institute on Drug Abuse review panel on research training, 2016
Occasional reviewer, National Science Foundation, especially the Law and Social Science Program; William T. Grant Foundation; Guggenheim Foundation; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs; Israel Science Foundation; Research Council of Norway
Teaching Record
Records on course dates and enrollments, workshop presentations, guest lectures, etc. across a career that is now more than four decades long are no longer available. However, the following summary gives a flavor of my achievements as an educator.
For YouTube examples of my lectures, see:
Children’s Right to Participate, Center for Global Health, Colorado School of Public Health, (May 14, 2014).
Children Can Live in Safety: How Strong Communities for Children Restored My Faith in Humanity, Injury and Violence Series, Colorado School of Public Health, (November 29, 2012).
For YouTube video prepared for a general audience about Strong Communities, see:
(April 2005)
Curriculum Development, Adoption, and Delivery
As director of the Law/Psychology Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I led a re-conceptualization, re-design, and expansion of the curriculum and constituent courses, including a core curriculum on jurisprudential issues (e.g., Law and Behavioral Science), special courses on various specific topics (e.g., children’s law; international child policy; institutional litigation), psycholegal practica in various policy settings and mental health advocacy organizations, specialties in mental health policy and forensic mental health, and programs directed toward various degree alternatives (JD-PhD, JD-MA, PhD-MLS, and post-doctoral [MLS]). Throughout my employment at UNL, I led NIMH-funded research training (National Research Service Award) programs. To my knowledge, the curriculum that we designed in the early 1980s is essentially the same today in its structure and elements.
Approximately 30 students and fellows were enrolled in the Program at any one time while I was director. Although I was not the major professor for all of these individuals, I was a principal advisor for all of them. Initially, I was the only core faculty member in the Program. When I left there were three, with several other faculty members in each of the two principal academic units (College of Law and Department of Psychology) involved in significant ways.
Although the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina did not have its own degree programs, I developed and obtained funding for a large practicum program in school-based mental health at centers across the state.
As director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University, I led the development of a unique interdisciplinary PhD program in International Family and Community Studies, initially in collaboration with universities in the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, Estonia, India, South Africa, and Spain. The first students entered the program in 2006. Through fall 2011, the program had 31 doctoral graduates, current students, and incoming students from 14 countries — most of them countries that within the past generation have been Communist, ruled by a military dictator, and/or engulfed in a civil war. More than 150 formal applications for admission to the program were received during the period noted.
Using the courses developed for the doctoral program in IFNL, we subsequently developed a flexible graduate certificate program, including specialties (Community Service; Social Policy) in the program leading to a Master of Public Administration degree. This program also provided credentials for students engaged in an internship in the Strong Communities initiative in Simpsonville, SC. These students were graduates of UNIBE in the Dominican Republic. Through summer 2011, 13 students had completed the graduate certificate. In collaboration with the MPA program, I also proposed a special track for students preparing to be professional staff in the South Carolina Department of Social Services.
Clemson continues to offer the PhD, the MPA, and the graduate certificate by blended distance education (including some residential components). The Clemson PhD program is also being delivered in Albania under the auspices of Marin Barleti University. I taught a course at Clemson (with an on-line section in Albania and Kosovo) on International Law and Policy on Children’s Issues in summer 2013. I also led discussions about development of a possible similar relationship between the University of Colorado and the University of Pristina (Kosovo).
Other courses that I taught at Clemson from 2008 to 2013, all at the doctoral level, included Democracy and Civil Society (2008; 2010), International Law and Policy on Children’s Issues (2013; co-taught, 2009), Community Psychology (independent study group, 2010), Comparative Human Services (co-taught, 2011), and Child Participation (research seminar, 2008). I also have served on several doctoral students’ supervisory At Colorado, I also supervised post-doctoral fellows from Israel (sponsored by The Haruv Institute) and a senior visiting scholar from Al-Quds University in Palestine. In collaboration with Jill McLeigh, I also have provided ongoing assistance to Carmit Katz, associate professor of social work at Tel Aviv University, in development of Strong Communities initiatives at TAU and other Isreali institutions.
On a pro bono basis, I led a seminar at the University of Virginia for undergraduates (most of them Echols Scholars [less than top 10% of the students in the College of Arts and Sciences) and law students on child protection policy (spring 2016). In spring 2017, I led a directed study for a group of advanced undergraduates (most of them Echols Scholars) and graduate students in psychology and education (a total of approximately 15 students) on child protection reform (as applied in schools and early childhood programs), in effect as assistance to the Kempe-Haruv Fellows (a blue-ribbon international group that I organized to review child protection policy). I also developed courses on Strong Communities (undergraduates in Youth and Social Innovation) and leadership of community-wide prevention initiatives (graduate students in the Curry School of Education), which were delivered initially in fall 2017. In spring 2018, I developed and taught a fourth-year seminar on Children’s Law in the Department of Psychology; in spring 2019, I developed and taught a fourth-year seminar on The Psychology of Democracy. In the Curry School in spring 2018, I led a directed study for a group of undergraduates who were either Echols Scholars (often also Jefferson Scholars) or YSI students. The topic was child participation; some students are continuing to collaborate in preparation of a book. With support planned by the National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect (EndCAN), I will be advising several university, health, and mental health organizations to develop Strong Communities sites building on service-learning opportunities for community development and related volunteer recruitment and leadership for prevention of child maltreatment.
Annual Greenville Family Symposium and Subsequent Ortho Symposia
From 2009 to 2013, I also organized an annual Greenville Family Symposium, sponsored jointly by the American Orthopsychiatric Association (now the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice), the Clemson University Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, the Haruv Institute, the International Family Therapy Association, and the International Society for Child Indicators. With those organizations’ consent, I selected the topic, invited the plenary speakers, coordinated their lectures, reviewed responses to a request for proposals, designed the program, and organized a resulting special section of American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. The theme for 2013 was “Changing the Culture: Toward Healthy and Just Communities.” Each conference was preceded by a student pre-conference with a related theme (for 2013, “The Rights of People with Disabilities: Enough for a Culture Change?”). The pre-conference enabled students to become acquainted, meet Ortho board members and plenary speakers in a smaller setting, and obtain background about the core issues related to the theme so that students would feel more confident in being active participants in discussions during the main conference.
In 2015, I co-led Ortho-sponsored symposia on mental health responses to generational change (Tampa in March) and “Finding Meaning in Community: Trust in and by Young People” (New Orleans in May). Both symposia resulted in invited issues of AJO: The Community, marketed by the American Psychological Association as supplementary journal issues and as separates. I was founding editor for the section. I co-edited the symposia publications with Jill McLeigh.
International Travel
Professional Travel (Research, Consultation, and Lecturing)
Austria, Albania, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Korea, Kosovo, Malaysia, Namibia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand
Other International Travel
Croatia, Denmark, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Jamaica, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Singapore
Domestic Travel
All 50 U.S. states
Grant Support
I did not keep personal records on the amounts granted. However, my best estimate is that, through 2012, I was principal investigator or project director on grants totaling at least $30 million.
I have not listed numerous grants that I helped to develop (in some instances wrote and/or negotiated in full) and that, at a minimum, I offered administrative support and consultation. E.g., external support for the Institute for Families in Society exceeded $4 million per year during most of my tenure there. During its first decade of operation (1999-2009), expenditures of external funds by the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University totaled $32.6 million — more than $3 for every $1 in university base funding. Support by several professional organizations for the Greenville Family Symposium is also not included.
Foundation for Child Development, through the Society for Research in Child Development, for a study group on "Developmental Factors in Competence to Consent," 1980.
University of Nebraska Foundation, Paul Dennis Summer Faculty Research Grant, 1982; declined, in order to assume project directorship of NIMH training grant.
National Institute of Mental Health, National Research Service Award for pre-doctoral (JD-PhD) and post-doctoral training in law and psychology, 1982-83 (assumed directorship upon resignation of Bruce Sales).
National Institute of Mental Health, National Research Service Award for pre-doctoral (JD-PhD) and post-doctoral training in mental health policy and administration, 1983-86, 1986-1991 and 1991-96.
Foundation for Child Development, through the Society for Research in Child Development, for a study group on "The Impact of Child Development Research on the Law," 1984-85
Nebraska Committee for the Humanities, "The Bill of Rights in Nebraska," 1984-85 (assistant project director).
Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program (G*POP), training grant awarded to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by the United States Department of Education, 1984-85 (wrote Psychology Department portion of grant).
Center for Applied Ethics, University of Nebraska (with funds from the Kiewit Foundation), for a conference on "Empirical Research on Research Ethics," 1986 (co-sponsored by American Psychological Association).
National Center for Child Abuse and Neglect, "Preparing Sexually Abused Children for Testimony: Children's Perceptions of the Legal Process," 1986-90.
National Institute of Mental Health, "Effects of Addition of a GBMI Verdict," 1987-90.
Sandoz Pharmaceutical Co. and the APA Divisions of Mental Retardation and Child, Youth, and Family Services, for a conference on "Behavioral Toxicology of Childhood and Adolescence," 1987 (co-sponsored by APA Division of Psychopharmacology).
Principal author, continuation grants, National Institute of Mental Health Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP) by the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, 1988-90, and competing continuation grant, 1990-92; co-author, CASSP-related research demonstration grant, 1991-94.
Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, for a background paper on health of rural adolescents, 1988-89.
Nebraska Department of Social Services, "Training on Family Policy and Services," 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-92, and 1992-95.
Fulbright Lecture-Research Award, Norwegian Center for Child Research, University of Trondheim, 1989-90.
Office of Rural Health Policy, "Creating a Rural Health Center for Nebraska" (K. Mueller, PI), 1990-92 (project director of mental health component).
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (through the American Bar Association), "Training for Judges on Child Sexual Abuse," 1990-92.
Small grants from the Public Interest Directorate and Divisions 27, 37, and 41, American Psychological Association, "Congressional Briefing Series on Children, Families, and the Law," annually from 1989 until the series ended.
Nebraska Department of Social Services, "Training on Prenatal Exposure to Drugs and Alcohol," 1991 and 1992.
Judicial Council of California, "Children, Families and the Courts in the 21st Century,” 1992.
Nebraska Department of Social Services, "Development of a Plan for Universal Infant Home Visitation," 1992-93.
Nebraska Crime Commission, "Juvenile Detention Standards for Training," 1993.
Nebraska Department of Social Services, "A Resource Center for Child Abuse and Neglect Teams," 1994.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, "Violence Among Rural Youth," 1994-97.
South Carolina Department of Social Services and South Carolina Budget and Control Board, "The State of the Family in South Carolina," 1994-95 and 1996.
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, "Service System Reform," 1994-96 and 1996-97.
Charleston-Dorchester Mental Health Center (subcontract from the Center for Mental Health Services), "Consultation on School- and Neighborhood-Based Services," 1994-96.
Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, "Development of a Strategy for the Protection of Children Known to CPS Agencies," 1996-97.
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, "Development of a System for Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders," 1996-97. (Vicki Flerx became PD)
South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, "Development of a Plan for Diversion of Status Offenders," 1996-97. (Robin Kimbrough became PD)
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, "Family Support Services and Health Care Reform," 1996-97; renewed for 1997-98. (Kathleen Wilson became PI)
South Carolina Department of Mental Health, "Development of School-Based Mental Health Services," 1996-97; renewed for 1997-98 and 1998-99. (Patricia Motes became PD)
South Carolina Department of Social Services, for development of resources for a neighborhood-based child protection system in three counties, 1996-97; renewed for 1997-98. (Robin Kimbrough became PI)
Various mental health centers, graduate-student stipends for practica in school-based mental health centers, 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98. (Patricia Motes became PI)
Foundation for the Carolinas, "Program Evaluation in the Initiatives to 'Build a Better Future,'" 1997-98, with renewals thereafter for three years. (Arlene Bowers Andrews became PI)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, "Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law," 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000, and 2000-01.
Charleston-Dorchester Mental Health Center (subcontract from the Center for Mental Health Services), "Evaluation of the Village Project," 1998. (Susan Limber became PI)
University of South Carolina (subcontract from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention), "Coordinating the Consortium on Children, Families, and the Law," 1999.
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, “Travel to Israel for a Conference on Religion and Children’s Rights,” 1999.
South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, “Evaluation and Technical Assistance for Early Childhood Family Support Programs,” 2000-01. (James McDonell became project director)
Childwatch International, “Collaborative Research [with Czech Colleagues] on Political Socialization, Child Participation, and Child Welfare,” 2000-03.
Prevent Child Abuse South Carolina, “Direction of Healthy Families South Carolina,” 2000.
Anderson School District 5, “Development of Ecologically Oriented Services,” 2000-02.
United Way of Greenville County, “Assessment of Family Resource Centers in Greenville County,” 2000.
The Duke Endowment, “Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Building a Comprehensive Strategy for the Prevention of Abuse and Neglect of Children in the Golden Strip,” 2002-05 (grant for approximately $5 million across four years); grant for 2006, $1.68M; grant for 2007, $1.73M; grant for first half of 2008, $0.89M; grant for summer quarter of 2008, $0.50M; grant for 2008-09, $0.80M; total = $10.6M).
William T. Grant Foundation, “Study Group on Youth Participation,” 2002.
The Golden Strip Center (now the Center for Community Services, Simpsonville, SC), “Leadership of The Golden Strip Center,” 1999-present (renewed annually).
Piedmont Center for Mental Health Services (South Carolina Department of Mental Health), “CU/UNIBE/PCMHS Partnership for Mental Health of Hispanic American Families,” 2007-08
South Carolina Department of Social Services, “Safe Families,” 2008-09 (leadership shifted to Patricia Motes for renewal in 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011).
Center for Community Services (with funds from The Duke Endowment), “Leadership of Café Cultura,” 2009-11.
Institute of Educational Services, U.S. Department of Education, through a subcontract issued by the University of South Carolina, "Center for Adolescent Research in Schools," 2011-14 (leadership shifted to Patricia Motes).
Haruv Institute, “Initiation of Strong Communities in Israel,” 2012-17.
Haruv Institute, “Special Issue of Child Abuse and Neglect,” 2012-13.
Haruv Institute, “Coordination of Haruv Post-doctoral Fellows in the USA,” 2013-14.
Haruv Institute and Kempe Foundation, “Leadership in Child Protection Policy,” 2014-18.
Anschutz Foundation, “Building Strong Communities for Children in Colorado Springs,” 2014-15.
American Orthopsychiatric Association, “AJO and Special Emphases,” 2012-15.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, “Consultation to the Center on Children, Families, and the Law,” 2015-16.
Lydia Home Association, “Development of a Concept Paper on Safe Families,” 2016-17.
Haruv Institute and Kempe Foundation, “Development and Editing of an International Journal on Children’s Right to Personal Security,” 2016-22.
University of Virginia, “Teaching in the Curry School of Education,” 2017.
University of Virginia, “Teaching in the Community Psychology Program,” 2018 & 2019.
Haruv Institute, partial expenses for a Kempe-Haruv study group on child protection policy in Europe, 2019.
Several individual donors, partial expenses for a Kempe-Haruv study group on child protection policy reform in the United States, 2020.
National Foundation to End Child Abuse and Neglect, “Planning a Strong Communities Initiative in Polk County, FL,” 2020-21
Personal Philanthropic Contributions
My wife Robin Kimbrough-Melton and I have been continuing major donors to projects in the institutes and centers of which we have been a part. E.g., we commissioned and donated a sculpture by Guilloume (“Family Gathering”) in observance of the 10th anniversary of establishment of the Clemson Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, and we also purchased miniature copies as gifts for retiring faculty and staff. We also established an endowment at IFNL in honor of our parents. The endowment provides an international travel grant to the most outstanding PhD student in the program. At Colorado, we have contributed significantly (multiple five-figure gifts) to The Kempe Foundation to defray travel costs for meetings of Kempe-Haruv Fellows. We are about to make a gift of $20,000 to American Friends of Haruv for the same purpose. Since I entered phased retirement, much of my professional time and effort has been personally contributed.
Bibliography
According to Google Scholar (January 20, 2020), Melton’s publications have been cited almost 14,000 times (h-index [the maximum value of an author’s publications in which h = the number of publications with h citations; hence, a measure of both productivity and impact] = 56; i10 index [the number of publications with at least 10 citations in Google Scholar] = 161). More than 30 articles and chapters have been reprinted at least once in works edited by other scholars, often in multiple works and in other languages (e.g., Czech; Dutch; Hebrew; Russian). Among individuals profiled in Google Scholar, Melton ranks #1 in citations for scholars in child and family policy, #3 in child abuse and neglect, #4 in psychology and law, and #6 in community psychology.
Journal Articles
1. Melton, G. B. (1977). The psychologist as clinician-advocate: Issues in practice and training. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 6(1), 27-29.
2. Melton, G. B. (1977). "What if I couldn't?": Impact of a museum exhibit about special needs of handicapped. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 6(3), 89-90.
3. Melton, G. B. (1978). Children's right to treatment. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 7, 200-202.
4. Melton, G. B. (1978). The psychologist's role in juvenile and family law. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 7, 189-192.
5, Melton, G. B. (1980). Children's concepts of their rights. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 9, 186-190. Reprinted in P. Smith & A. Rutland (Eds.), Childhood social development. London, England: Sage, 2014.
6. Melton, G. B. (1980). Preparing "normal" children for mainstreaming. Journal for Special Educators, 16, 188-190.
7. Melton, G. B. (1980). Psychological effects of increased autonomy on children. Educational Perspectives, 19(4), 10-14.
8. Melton, G. B. (1980). Psycholegal issues in child victims' interaction with the legal system. Victimology, 5(2-4), 274-284.
9. Melton, G. B. (1981). Children's participation in treatment planning: Psychological and legal issues. Professional Psychology, 12, 246-252.
10. Melton, G. B. (1981). Legal policy and child development research. Child and Youth Services, 3 (3/4), 1, 13-20.
11. Melton, G. B. (1981). Effects of a state law permitting minors to consent to psychotherapy. Professional Psychology, 12, 647-654.
12. Melton, G. B. (1981). Children's competency to testify. Law and Human Behavior, 5, 73-85. Reprinted in revised form in J. Bulkley (Ed.), Child sexual abuse and the law (pp. 125-145). Washington, DC: American Bar Association, 1981.
13. Melton, G. B. (1981). Psycholegal issues in juveniles' competency to waive their rights. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 10, 59-62.
14. Melton, G. B. (1982). Children's rights: Where are the children? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 52, 530-538.
15. Melton, G. B. (1982). Legal reforms affecting child and youth services: An introduction. Child and Youth Services, 5(1/2), 1-4.
16. Melton, G. B., & Lind, E. A. (1982). Procedural justice in family court: Does the adversary model make sense? Child and Youth Services, 5(1/2), 64-83.
17. Melton, G. B. (1983). Toward "personhood" for adolescents: Autonomy and privacy as values in public policy. American Psychologist, 38, 99-103. Reprinted in S. Davis, E. S. Scott, W. J. Wadlington, & C. H. Whitebread (Eds.), Children in the legal system (2nd ed., pp. 228-233). Westbury, NY: Foundation Press, 1997 (also subsequent editions). Also reprinted in M. R. Gardner & A. P. Dupre (Eds.), Children and the law: Cases and materials (multiple editions). Philadelphia, PA: Mathew Bender (Lexis Nexis).
18. Melton, G. B. (1983). Making room for psychology in Miranda doctrine: Juveniles' waiver of rights [Review]. Law and Human Behavior, 7, 67-85.
19. Melton, G. B. (1983). Minors and privacy: Are legal and psychological concepts compatible? Nebraska Law Review, 62, 455-493.
20. Melton, G. B. (1984). Child-witnesses and the First Amendment: A psycholegal dilemma. Journal of Social Issues, 40(2), 291-305. Reprinted in J. Selkin (Ed.), Child sexual abuse cases in the courtroom. Denver, CO: Author.
21. Melton, G. B. (1984). Developmental psychology and the law: The state of the art. Journal of Family Law, 22, 445-482.
22. Melton, G. B., & Scott, E. S. (1984). Evaluation of mentally retarded persons for sterilization: Contributions and limits of psychological consultation. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 15, 34-48.
23. Perry, G. S., & Melton, G. B. (1984). Precedential value of judicial notice of social facts: Parham as an example. Journal of Family Law, 22, 633-676.
24. Slobogin, C., Melton, G. B., & Showalter, C. R. (1984). Feasibility of a brief screening evaluation of mental state at the time of the offense. Law and Human Behavior, 8, 305-320.
25. Melton, G. B. (1985). Sexually abused children and the legal system: Some policy recommendations. American Journal of Family Therapy, 13, 61-67. Reprinted in B. Finkelman (Ed.), Physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children: The multidisciplinary literature 1932 to 1993. Hamden, CT: Garland.
26. Committee for the Protection of Human Participants in Research. (G. B. Melton, primary author). (1985, July). Ethical issues in psychological research on AIDS. APA Monitor, p. 26. Reprinted in IRB, 8(4), 8-10, and Journal of Homosexuality, 13(1), 93-101 (1986).
27. Gray, J. N., & Melton, G. B. (1985). The law and ethics of psychosocial research on AIDS. Nebraska Law Review, 64, 637-688.
28. Melton, G. B. (1985). Organized psychology and legal policymaking: Involvement in the post-Hinckley debate. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 16, 810-822.
29. Melton, G. B. (1986, Summer). Shrinking the power of the expert's word. Family Advocate, pp. 22-25, 42-43.
30. Melton, G. B. (1986). Litigation In the interest of children: Does anybody win? [Review]. Law and Human Behavior, 10, 337-353.
31. Hargrove, D. S., & Melton, G. B. (1987). Block grants and rural mental health services. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 8, 4-11.
32. Melton, G. B., & Corson, J. (1987). Psychological maltreatment and the schools: Problems of law and professional responsibility. School Psychology Review, 16, 188-194.
33. Melton, G. B., & Davidson, H. A. (1987). Child protection and society: When should the state intervene? American Psychologist, 42, 172-175.
34. Interdivisional Committee on Adolescent Abortion. (G. B. Melton, primary author). (1987). Adolescent abortion: Psychological and legal issues. American Psychologist, 42, 73-78. Reprinted in B. Slife (Ed.), Taking sides: Clashing views on controversial psychological issues. Guilford, CT: Dushkin.
35. Melton, G. B. (1987). Legal regulation of adolescent abortion: Unintended effects. American Psychologist, 42, 79-83.
36. Melton, G. B., & Russo, N. F. (1987). Adolescent abortion: Psychological perspectives on public policy. American Psychologist, 42, 69-72.
37. Melton, G. B. (1987). The clashing of symbols: Prelude to child and family policy. American Psychologist, 42, 345-354.
38. Melton, G. B., Monahan, J., & Saks, M. J. (1987). Psychologists as law professors. American Psychologist, 42, 502-509.
39. Melton, G. B. (1987). Bringing psychology to the legal system: Opportunities, obstacles, and efficacy. American Psychologist, 42, 488-495.
40. Stanley, B. H., Sieber, J. E., & Melton, G. B. (1987). Empirical studies of ethical issues in research: A research agenda. American Psychologist, 42, 735-741. Reprinted in D. N. Bersoff (Ed.), Ethical conflicts in psychology. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
41. Melton, G. B. (1987). Children, politics, and morality: The ethics of child advocacy. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 16, 357-367.
42. Melton, G. B. (1987). Law and random events: The state of child mental health policy. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 10, 81-90.
43. Melton, G. B., & Garrison, E. G. (1987). Fear, prejudice, and neglect: Discrimination against mentally disabled persons. American Psychologist, 42, 1007-1026.
44. Melton, G. B., & Hargrove, D. S. (1987). Perceptions of rural and urban communities. Journal of Rural Community Psychology, 8(2), 3-13.
45. Melton, G. B. (1988). Adolescents and prevention of AIDS. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 19, 403-408. Reprinted in digest form in J. J. Cohen & M. C. Fish (Eds.), Handbook of school-based interventions: Resolving student problems and promoting healthy educational environments (pp. 467-468). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1993.
46. Melton, G. B. (1988). Must researchers share their data? Law and Human Behavior, 12, 159-162. [Introduction to special section edited by author.]
47. Melton, G. B. (1988). When scientists are adversaries, do participants lose? Law and Human Behavior, 12, 191-198.
48. Melton, G. B., & Gray, J. N. (1988). Ethical dilemmas in AIDS research: Individual privacy and public health. American Psychologist, 43, 60-64. Reprinted in R.E. Jensen (Ed.), Standards and ethics in clinical psychology. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
49. Melton, G. B. (1988). Children, ecology, and legal contexts: Reply to Haugaard. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 19, 108-111.
50. Melton, G. B. (1988). The theory and philosophy of psychology and law. Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 8(1), 36-41.
51. Melton, G. B., Levine, R. J., Koocher, G. P., Rosenthal, R., & Thompson, W. C. (1988). Community consultation in socially sensitive research: Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for AIDS. American Psychologist, 43, 573-581.
52. Melton, G. B. (1988). The significance of law in the everyday lives of children and families. Georgia Law Review, 22, 851-895. Reprinted in J. R. P. Ogloff (Ed.), Psychology and the law: The broadening of the discipline (pp. 11-49). Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Academic Press.
53. Melton, G. B. (1988). Ethical and legal issues in AIDS-related practice. American Psychologist, 43, 941-947. [Excerpted in Clinician's Research Digest, 7(4), 6 (1989)].
54. Melton, G. B., & Limber, S. (1989). Psychologists' involvement in cases of child maltreatment: Limits of role and expertise. American Psychologist, 44, 1225-1233. Excerpted in Clinician's Research Digest, 8(1) (1990). Reprinted in F. J. Pesetky (Ed.), Legal and criminal psychology (2nd ed.). Acton, MA: Copley.
55. Melton, G. B., & Wilcox, B. L. (1989). Changes in family law and family life: Challenges for psychology. American Psychologist, 44, 1213-1216.
56. Melton, G. B. (1989). Ethical and legal issues in research and intervention [related to AIDS]. Journal of Adolescent Health Care, 10, 36S-44S.
57. Melton, G. B. (1989). Public policy and private prejudice: Psychology and law on gay rights. American Psychologist, 44, 933-940. Reprinted in L. Gross & J. D. Woods (Eds.), Columbia reader on lesbians and gay men in American society, politics and the media. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1997.
58. Melton, G. B. (1989). Respect for dignity: Blueprint for children's law in the welfare state. Barn [Children], 1989(4), 73-95.
59. Melton, G. B. (1989). Taking Gault seriously: Toward a new juvenile court. Nebraska Law Review, 68, 146-181. Reprinted in whole or in part in the following texts, often in multiple editions:
• E. Buss & M. Maclean (Eds.), The law and child development. Farnham, Surrey, England: Ashgate, 2009.
• B. C. Feld (Ed.), Readings in juvenile justice administration (pp. 343-356). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1999.
• L. E. Teitelbaum (Ed.), Family law: Cases and materials. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1996.
• T. R. Birckhead & L. J. Harris, Parents, children, and the law (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Aspen, 2011.
60. Melton, G. B. (1990). Certificates of confidentiality under the Public Health Service Act: Strong protection but not enough. Violence and Victims, 5, 71-75.
61. Melton, G. B. (1990). Law, science, and humanity: The normative foundation of social science in law. Law and Human Behavior, 14, 315-332.
62. Melton, G. B. (1990). Realism in psychology and humanism in law: Psycholegal studies at Nebraska. Nebraska Law Review, 69, 251-275.
63. Melton, G. B. (1991). Socialization in the global community: Respect for the dignity of children. American Psychologist, 46, 66-71. Translated and reprinted in Russian in H. R. Slobodskaya (Ed.), Childhood in the ideal and in reality: Contributions of contemporary Western scientists. Novosibirsk, Russia: Sibirsky Chronograph.
64. Goodman, G. S., Levine, M., Melton, G. B., & Ogden, D. W. (1991). Child witnesses and the confrontation clause: The American Psychological Association brief in Maryland v. Craig. Law and Human Behavior, 15, 13-29.
65. Melton, G. B. (1991). Psychology in the law: Why we do what we do. Law and Human Behavior, 15, 328-330.
66. Melton, G. B. (1991, July). The federal government, communities, and families: Bad news and could-be-good news. Futures, pp. 1-3, 13-15.
67. Melton, G. B. (1991). Preserving the dignity of children around the world: The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child Abuse and Neglect, 15, 343-350.
68. Melton, G. B. (1991). Lessons from Norway: The children's ombudsman as a voice for children. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 23, 197-254.
69. Henggeler, S. W., Borduin, C. M., Melton, G. B., Mann, B. J., Smith, L., & Hall, J. A. (1991). Effects of multisystemic therapy on the drug abuse of chronic juvenile offenders and the drug use of violent juvenile offenders: A progress report from two outcome studies. Family Dynamics of Addiction Quarterly, 1, 40-51.
70. Melton, G. B. (1991). Ethical judgments amid uncertainty: Dilemmas in the AIDS epidemic. Counseling Psychologist, 19, 561-565.
71. Herek, G. M., Kimmel, D. C., Amaro, H., & Melton, G. B. (1991). Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research. American Psychologist, 46, 957-963. Reprinted in L. Garnets & D. Kimmel (Eds.), Psychological perspectives on lesbian, gay, and bisexual experiences (2nd ed., pp. 739-755). New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2003.
72. Goodman, G. S., Levine, M., & Melton, G. B. (1992). The best evidence produces the best law. Law and Human Behavior, 15, 244-251.
73. Melton, G. B. (1992). Advocacy for children in the juvenile justice system. Juvenile Justice Digest, 20(7), 3-5. (Reprint of testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice)
74. Melton, G. B. (1992, July). Respect for children: Lessons from abroad. Futures, pp. 12-15.
75. Melton, G. B. (1992). The law is a good thing (Psychology is, too): Human rights in psychological jurisprudence. Law and Human Behavior, 16, 381-398.
76. Melton, G. B. (1992). Children as partners for justice: Next steps for developmentalists. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 57(5), 153-159.
77. Melton, G. B. (1992). It's time for neighborhood research and action. Child Abuse and Neglect, 16, 909-913.
78. Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., & Smith, L. A. (1992). Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: An effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 953-961. Reprinted in Dutch in Gezins Therapie Jrg., 5, 80-101.
79. Melton, G. B. (1993). Is there a place for children in the new world order? Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy, 7, 491-532. Reprinted in S. Asquith & M. Hill (Eds.), Justice for children (pp. 26-58). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff, 1994.
80. Melton, G. B. (1993). Children, families, and the courts in the twenty-first century. Southern California Law Review, 66, 1,993-2,047.
81. Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., Smith, L. A., Foster, S. L., Hanley, J. H., & Hutchinson, C. M. (1993). Assessing violent offending in serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 21, 233-243.
82. Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., Smith, L. A., Schoenwald, S. K., & Hanley, J. (1993). Family preservation using multisytemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2, 283-293.
83. Raundalen, M., & Melton, G. B. (1994). Children in war and its aftermath: Mental health issues in the development of international law. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 12, 21-34.
84. Melton, G. B., & Flood, M. F. (1994). Research policy and child maltreatment: Developing the scientific foundation for effective protection of children. Child Abuse and Neglect, 18(Supp. 1), 1-28.
85. Small, M. A., & Melton, G. B. (1994). Evaluation of child witnesses for confrontation by criminal defendants. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 25, 228-233.
86. Melton. G. B. (1994). Doing justice and doing good. Future of Children, 4(2), 102-118.
87. Scherer, D. G., Brondino, M. J., Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., & Hanley, J. H. (1994). Multisystemic family preservation therapy with rural and minority families of serious adolescent offenders: Preliminary findings from a controlled clinical trial. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2, 192-206.
88. Small, M. A., & Melton, G. B. (1994). Evaluation of child witnesses for confrontation by criminal defendants. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 25, 228-233.
89. Melton. G. B. (1994). Doing justice and doing good. Future of Children, 4(2), 102-118.
90. Melton, G. B., Goodman, G. S., Kalichman, S. C., Levine, M., Saywitz, K. J., & Koocher, G. P. (1995). Empirical research on child maltreatment and the law. (Report of the American Psychological Association Working Group on Legal Issues Related to Child Abuse and Neglect). Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 24(Suppl.), 47-77.
91. Melton, G. B. (1995). Bringing psychology to Capitol Hill: Briefings on child and family policy. American Psychologist, 50, 766-770. Featured in K. Bogenschneider, Family policy matters: How policymaking affects families and what professionals can do (pp. 142-143). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2002.
92. Melton, G. B. (1996). The child's right to a family environment: Why children's rights and family values are compatible. American Psychologist, 51, 1234-1238.
93. Melton, G. B. (1997). The right to a family environment for "children living in exceptionally difficult conditions." Law and Policy, 17, 345-351.
94. Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., Brondino, M. J., Scherer, D. G., & Hanley, J. H. (1997). Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: The role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65, 821-833.
95. Melton, G. B. (1998). Children's rights in the health care system: The evolving framework in international human rights law. Childrenz Issues (journal of the Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand), 2(2), 37-41. Reprinted in Childrenz Issues, 3(2), 13-17, 1999.
96. Melton, G. B. (1999). Due care, not prohibition of expert opinions. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6, 335-338.
97. Melton, G. B. (1999). Parents and children: Legal reform to facilitate children’s participation. American Psychologist, 54, 941-951 (award citation and selected bibliography at 938-941). Reprinted in A. B. Smith, M. Gollop, K. Marshall, & K. Nairn (Eds.), Advocating for children: International perspectives on children’s rights (pp. 141-158). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago Press, 2000.
98. Limber, S. P., Kask, V., Heidmets, M., Kaufman, N. H., & Melton, G. B. (1999). Estonian children’s perceptions of their rights: Implications for societies in transition. International Journal of Children’s Rights, 7, 365-383. Reprinted in Czech in In J. Kovařík.(Ed.), Dětská práva, právní povědomí, participace dětí, a sociální služby [Children’s rights, legal awareness, participation, and social services] (pp. 62-76). Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: University of South Bohemia, 2001. Reprinted in M. D. Freeman (Ed.), Children’s rights. Aldershot, England: Ashgate.
99. Motes, P. S., Melton, G. B., Pumariega, A., & Simmons, W. E. W. (1999). Ecologically-oriented school-based mental health services: Implications for service system reform. Psychology in the Schools, 36, 391-401.
100. Cunningham, P. B., Henggeler, S. W., Limber, S. P., Melton, G. B., & Nation, M. A. (2000). Patterns and correlates of gun ownership among nonmetropolitan and rural middle school students. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 432-442.
101. Poythress, N. G., Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., & Slobogin, C. (2000). Response to Rogers and Shuman. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 28, 29-32.
102. Melton, G. B., & Andrews, A. B. (2000). Building systems for safety in the family: The U.S. experience. New Global Development: Journal of International and Comparative Social Welfare, 16, 24-35.
103. Melton, G. B., & Wilcox, B. L. (2001). Children’s law: Toward a new realism. Law and Human Behavior, 25, 5-14.
104. Melton, G. B. (2002). Chronic neglect of family violence: More than a decade of reports to guide U.S. policy. Child Abuse and Neglect, 26, 569-586.
105. Melton, G. B. (2003). Mental health and social justice: A vision for the 21st century. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 73, 245-247.
106. Melton, G. B. (2005). Mandated reporting: A policy without reason. Child Abuse and Neglect, 29, 9-18. Reprinted in Hebrew in Family in Law, an Israeli academic journal. [The author also prepared a summary of the article and the lively discussion that it elicited with numerous "hits" as a Virtual Issues Discussion for the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. The summary is posted at . A brief version of the paper also was published in Canada's Children.]
107. Melton, G. B. (2005). Treating children like people: A framework for research and advocacy. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 646-657.
108. Melton, G. B. (2005). Building humane communities respectful of children: The significance of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. American Psychologist, 60, 918-926. [Award citation and biography published at pp. 915-918.]
109. Melton, G. B., Holaday, B. J., & Kimbrough-Melton, R. J. (2008). Community life, public health, and children’s safety. Family and Community Health, 31, 84-99.
110. Berman, J. J., Murphy-Berman, V., & Melton, G. B. (2008). Strong Communities: What did participants actually do? Family and Community Health, 31, 126-135.
111. Murphy-Berman, V., Berman, J. J., & Melton, G. B. (2008). Transformative change: An analysis of the evolution of special events within three communities. Family and Community Health, 31, 136-149.
112. Haski-Leventhal, D., Ben-Arieh, A., & Melton, G. B. (2008). Between neighborliness and volunteerism: The participants in the Strong Communities initiative. Family and Community Health, 31, 150-161.
113. Hashima, P. Y., & Melton, G. B. (2008). “I can conquer a mountain”: Ordinary people who provide extraordinary service in Strong Communities. Family and Community Health, 31, 162-172.
114. Melton, G. B., & Anderson, D. (2008). From Safe Sanctuaries to Strong Communities: The role of communities of faith in child protection. Family and Community Health, 31, 173-185.
115. McDonell, J. R., & Melton, G. B. (2008). Toward a science of community intervention. Family and Community Health, 31, 113-125.
116. Melton, G. B. (2008). Beyond balancing: Toward an integrated approach to children’s rights. Journal of Social Issues, 64, 903-920.
117. Melton, G. B. (2010). Angels (and neighbors) watching over us: Child safety and family support in an age of alienation. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 80, 89-95. Less extensive version published in 2009 in a Festschrift in memory of Cynthia Price Cohen by the University of Victoria, International Institute for Child Rights and Development, at
118. Barbarin, O. A., & Melton, G. B. (2010). Some old, some new. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 1-2.
119. Melton, G. B. (2010). It’s all about relationships! The psychology of human rights. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 158-166.
120. Melton, G. B. (2010). Putting the “community” back into “mental health”: The challenge of a great crisis in the health and well-being of children and families. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 37, 173-176.
121. Melton, G. B. (2010). Toward a rights-sensitive agenda for research on child well-being. European Journal of Child and Youth Research, 5(6), 58-65.
122. Melton, G. B. (2010). Keeping the doors to the community open. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 451-461.
123. Melton, G. B. (2010). Innovations, respect, and personal renewal. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 530-535.
124. Melton, G. B., & Sianko, N. (2010). How can government protect mental health amid a disaster? American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 536-545.
125. Melton, G. B. (2010). In search of the highest attainable standard of mental health for children. Child Welfare, 89, 57-72.
126. Melton, G. B. (2013). A swan song (or a fanfare): Some thoughts of an institute director after 30 years of service. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 83, 1-10.
127. Melton, G. B. (2014). Hospitality: Transformative service to children, families, and communities. American Psychologist, 69, 761-769. (Accompanied by award citation, biography, and selected bibliography at 759-761.)
128. McLeigh, J. D., McDonell, J. R., & Melton, G. B. (2015). Community differences in the implementation of Strong Communities for Children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 41, 97-112.
129. McDonell, J. R., Ben-Arieh, A., & Melton, G. B. (2015). Strong Communities for Children: Results of a multi-year community-based initiative to protect children from harm. Child Abuse & Neglect, 41, 79-96. (received 770 downloads in the first year of on-line availability; top 1% of Child Abuse & Neglect articles)
130. Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., & Melton, G. B. (2015). “Someone will notice, and someone will care”: How to build Strong Communities for Children. Child Abuse & Neglect, 41, 67-78. (received 794 downloads in the first year of on-line availability; top 1% of Child Abuse & Neglect articles)
131. Melton, G. B. (2018). Protecting children’s right to personal security: The foundation for a new journal. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice, 1, 1-10.
132. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (2018). Generating Essentials for Childhood: New roles in child protection for the U.S. federal government and the public health sector. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice, 1, 223-236.
133. Melton, G. B. (in press). In memoriam: Andrew S. Dibner. American Psychologist.
134. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (in press). The logic and principles of Strong Communities for Children. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice.
135. McLeigh, J. D., Cole, D. K., Grate, P., & Melton, G. B. (in press). One person can make a difference: Stories of Strong Communities and their outreach workers. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice.
136. Melton, G. B., Krugman, R. D., & McLeigh, J. D. (in prep.). Fulfilling children’s right to personal security. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice. (Set to go to press by February 1, 2020)
137. Melton, G. B., & Anderson, D. (in prep.). How Strong Communities support Safe Families. The intensive component of a universal approach to prevention of child maltreatment. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice.
138. Scott, S., Motes, P., & Melton, G. B. (in prep.). Kindergarten-based mental health professionals as family advocates. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
139. Melton, G. B. (in prep.). Trust and empathy: Foundations for a pluralist opposition movement in a “populist” era. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Books and Monographs (Including Journal Special Issues)
1. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1982). Legal reforms affecting child and youth services. Child and Youth Services, 5(1/2) [journal issue; also published as a book by Haworth Press, New York, NY].
2. Childs, A. W., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (1983). Rural psychology. New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
3. Melton, G. B., Koocher, G. P., & Saks, M. J. (Eds.). (1983). Children's competence to consent. New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
4. Melton, G. B. (1983). Child advocacy: Psychological issues and interventions. New York, NY: Plenum Press.
5. Melton, G. B., Weithorn, L. A., & Slobogin, C. (1985). Community mental health centers and the courts: An evaluation of community-based forensic services. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Appendix D-1 reprinted in T. Grisso & I. Kruh guide for evaluation of competence to stand trial of juvenile respondents, to be published in 2017 by MacArthur Foundation, Chicago.)
6. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1985). Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 33. The law as a behavioral instrument. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
7. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1986). Adolescent abortion: Psychological and legal issues. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Sponsored by Division 37, American Psychological Association.)
8. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., Jr., & Slobogin, C. (1987). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers. New York, NY: Guilford Press. (A selection of the Behavioral Science Book Service and the Lawyers' Book Service. Chosen on the Outstanding Academic Books list for 1988 by Choice, a journal of the American Library Association.)
9. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1987). Mental health law affecting children, youth, and families [Special issue]. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 10(2).
10. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1987). Reforming the law: Impact of child development research. New York, NY: Guilford Press.
11. Henggeler, S. W., Melton, G. B., & Rodrigue, J. (1992). Pediatric and adolescent AIDS: Research findings from the social sciences. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
12. Melton, G. B., & Barry, F. D. (Eds.). (1994). Protecting children from abuse and neglect: Foundations for a new national strategy. New York, NY: Guilford.
13. Gray, J. N., Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Melton, G. B. (1995). Ethical and legal issues in AIDS research. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
14. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (1995). Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 42. The individual, the family, and social good: Personal fulfillment in times of change. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
15. Stanley, B. H., Sieber, J. E., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (1996). Research ethics: A psychological approach. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
16. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., & Slobogin, C. (1997). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford. (A main selection of the Behavioral Science Book Service).
17. Melton, G. B., Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Spaulding, W. J. (1998). No place to go: The civil commitment of minors. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. (Sponsored by Division 37, American Psychological Association)
18. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., & Slobogin, C. (1998). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (annual supplement to the 2nd ed.) [On-line]. Available:
19. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., & Slobogin, C. (1999). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (annual supplement to the 2nd ed.) [On-line]. Available: courts
20. Melton, G. B., Thompson, R. A., & Small, M. A. (Eds.). (2002). Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system. Westport, CT: Praeger.
21. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., & Slobogin, C. (2005). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (supplement to the 2nd ed.) [On-line]. Available: courts
22. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., & Slobogin, C., with Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Otto, R. (2007). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford.
23. Melton, G. B., & Holaday, B. J. (Eds.). (2008). Strong Communities as safe havens for children [Special issue]. Family and Community Health, 31(2).
24. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (2010). Building safe, humane, and responsive communities for children and families [Special section]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 103-149.
25. Melton, G. B. (Ed.). (2010). A place for us: Building inclusive communities for children and families [Special section]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 80, 451-524.
26. Melton, G. B., Ben-Arieh, A., Cashmore, J., Goodman, G. S., & Worley, N. K. (Eds.). (2014). The SAGE handbook of child research. London, England: Sage.
27. Melton, G. B., & McLeigh, J. D. (Eds.). (2015). Communities’ influences on children’s safety [Special issue]. Child Abuse & Neglect, 41.
28. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (2015). Mental health in the 21st century [Special issue]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85(5 Supp.).
29. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (2015). Finding meaning in community: Trust in and by young people [Special issue]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 85(6 Supp.).
30. Melton, G. B., Petrila, J., Poythress, N. G., Slobogin, C., Otto, R., Mossman, D., & Condie, L. O. (2018). Psychological evaluations for the courts: A handbook for mental health professionals and lawyers (4th ed.). New York, NY: Guilford.
31. Melton, G. B., & Krugman R. D. (Ed.). (in prep.). New directions in child protection research, policy, and practice [Special issue]. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice. (Set to go to press by February 1, 2020)
32. Melton, G. B., & McLeigh, J. D. (Eds.). (in prep.). How Strong Communities keep children safe [Special issue]. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice.
33. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (in prep.). The importance of community in behavioral health and social justice [Special section]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
34. Melton, G. B. (in prep.). Having a say: Children’s right to participate. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer (pending, for publication in the series on child well-being).
35. Melton, G. B., Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., & Bross, D. C. (in prep.). Children’s law. New York NY: Guilford.
In International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy, and Practice, special issues edited or co-edited by Melton are being prepared on the case for major reform of child protection policy (probably a double issue) and on recent innovations in child protection policy and practice in Europe. With Melton’s advice, other special issues are being prepared on junior scholars’ research on child maltreatment (C. Katz, issue editor) and on innovations in child protection policy and practice in the Asia-Pacific region (B. Lonne, issue editor). Special issues were prepared with Melton’s guidance and editing in 2018 (Essentials for Childhood: Promoting Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships; edited by J. Klevens) and 2019 (Child Witness Research in a Rights-Conscious Era; edited by G. Goodman & S. Wolpe). In addition, in building the journal’s focus on knowledge relevant to the fulfillment of chiildren’s right to personal security, the majority of individual articles in non-thematic issues have been solicited by Melton. Such work has also been facilitated in study groups organized and moderated by Melton. The content of the journal is now set well into 2021.
Book Chapters
1. Melton, G. B. (1981). Procedural reforms to protect child victim/witnesses in sex-offense proceedings. In J. Bulkley (Ed.), Child sexual abuse and the law (pp. 184-198). Washington, DC: American Bar Association.
2. Melton, G. B. (1982). Teaching children about their rights. In J. S. Henning (Ed.), Children's rights: Legal and psychological perspectives (pp. 161-185). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
3. Melton, G. B. (1983). Ruralness as a psychological construct. In A. W. Childs & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Rural psychology (pp. 1-13). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
4. Melton, G. B. (1983). Community psychology and rural legal systems. In A. W. Childs & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Rural psychology (pp. 359-380). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
5. Melton, G. B., & Childs, A. W. (1983). Epilogue: Some research questions. In A. W. Childs & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Rural psychology (pp. 427-438). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
6. Melton, G. B. (1983). Children's competence to consent: A problem in law and social science. In G. B. Melton, G. P. Koocher, & M. J. Saks (Eds.), Children's competence to consent (pp. 1-18). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
7. Melton, G. B. (1983). Decision making by children: Psychological risks and benefits. In G. B. Melton, G. P. Koocher, & M. J. Saks (Eds.), Children's competence to consent (pp. 21-40). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
8. Tapp, J. L., & Melton, G. B. (1983). Preparing children for decision making: Implications of legal socialization research. In G. B. Melton, G. P. Koocher, & M. J. Saks (Eds.), Children's competence to consent (pp. 215-233). New York, NY: Plenum (now Springer Book Archives).
9. Ehrenreich, N. S., & Melton, G. B. (1983). Ethical and legal issues in the treatment of children. In C. E. Walker & M. C. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of clinical child psychology (pp. 1285-1317). New York, NY: Wiley.
10. Melton, G. B. (1984). Family and mental hospital as myths: Civil commitment of minors. In N. D. Reppucci, L. A. Weithorn, E. P. Mulvey, & J. Monahan (Eds.), Children, mental health, and the law (pp. 151-167). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
11. Melton, G. B. (1984). Training in psychology and law: A directory. In T. H. Blau, The psychologist as expert witness (pp. 386-392). New York, NY: Wiley.
12. Melton, G. B. (1985). Introduction: The law and motivation. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 33. The law as a behavioral instrument (pp. xiii-xxvii). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
13. Melton, G. B., & Saks, M. J. (1985). The law as an instrument of socialization and social structure. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 33. The law as a behavioral instrument (pp. 235-277). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
14. Melton, G. B. (1985). Expert testimony in mental health board proceedings. In G. A. Edgar (Ed.), Mental health board handbook (pp. 114-128). Lincoln: Department of Public Institutions, State of Nebraska.
15. Melton, G. B. (1985). Training child clinicians as child advocates. In J. Tuma (Ed.), Proceedings: Conference on Training Clinical Child Psychologists (pp. 51-55). Baton Rouge, LA: Section on Clinical Child Psychology, American Psychological Association.
16. Melton, G. B., & Pliner, A. J. (1986). Adolescent abortion: A psycholegal analysis. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Adolescent abortion: Psychological and legal issues (pp. 1-39). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
17. Melton, G. B. (1986). Populism, school prayer, and the courts: Confessions of an expert witness. In D. Moshman (Ed.), Children's intellectual rights (pp. 63-73). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
18. Melton, G. B., & Thompson, R. A. (1987). Getting out of a rut: Detours to less traveled paths in child witness research. In S. J. Ceci, M. P. Toglia, & D. F. Ross (Eds.), Children's eyewitness memory (pp. 209-229). New York: Springer-Verlag. Reprinted in B. P. Nicholson & J. Bulkley (Eds.), Sexual abuse allegations in custody and visitation: A resource book for judges and court personnel. Washington, DC: American Bar Association, National Legal Resource Center for Child Advocacy and Protection, 1988.
19. Melton, G. B., & Thompson, R. A. (1987). Legislative approaches to combatting psychological maltreatment: A social policy analysis. In M. R. Brassard, R. Germain, & S. N. Hart (Eds.), The psychological maltreatment of children and youth (pp. 203-216). Elmsford, NY: Pergamon.
20. Melton, G. B. (1987). Special legal problems in protection of handicapped children from parental maltreatment. In J. Garbarino, P. Brookhouser, & K. Authier (Eds.), Special children, special risks: The maltreatment of children with disabilities (pp. 179-193). New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.
21. Melton, G. B. (1987). Training in psychology and law. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (pp. 681-697). New York, NY: Wiley.
22. Melton, G. B. (1987). Children's testimony in cases of alleged sexual abuse. In M. Wolraich & D. K. Routh (Eds.), Advances in developmental and behavioral pediatrics (Vol. 8, pp. 179-203). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Reprinted in B. P. Nicholson & J. Bulkley (Eds.), Sexual abuse allegations in custody and visitation cases: A resource book for judges and court personnel. Washington, DC: American Bar Association, National Legal Resource Center for Child Advocacy and Protection, 1988.
23. Melton, G. B. (1987). Judicial notice of "facts" about child development. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Reforming the law: Impact of child development research (pp. 232-249). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
24. Grisso, T., & Melton, G. B. (1987). Getting child development research to legal practitioners: Which way to the trenches? In G. B Melton (Ed.), Reforming the law: Impact of child development research (pp. 146-176). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
25. Takanishi, R., & Melton, G. B. (1987). Child development research and the legislative process. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Reforming the law: Impact of child development research (pp. 86-101). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
26. Hafemeister, T. L., & Melton, G. B. (1987). The impact of social science research on the judiciary. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Reforming the law: Impact of child development research (pp. 27-59). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
27. Melton, G. B. (1987). Guidelines for effective diffusion of child development research into the legal system. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Reforming the law: Impact of child development research (pp. 280-300). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
28. Corrao, J., & Melton, G. B. (1988). Legal issues in school-based behavior therapy. In J. C. Witt, S. N. Elliott, & F. N. Gresham (Eds.), Handbook of behavior therapy in education (pp. 377-399). Ne York, NY: Plenum Press.
29. Melton, G. B., & Schmechel, L. (1988). Legal issues. In L. K. G. Hsu & M. Hersen (Eds.), Recent developments in adolescent psychiatry (pp. 135-157). New York, NY: Wiley.
30. Melton, G. B. (1989). Are adolescents people?: Problems of liberty, entitlement, and responsibility. In J. Worell & F. Danner (Eds.), The adolescent as decision-maker: Applications to development and education (pp. 281-306). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
31. Melton, G. B. (1989). The Jericho principle: Lessons from epidemiological research. In L. W. Abramczyck (Ed.), Social work education for working with seriously emotionally disturbed children and adolescents (pp. 12-25). Columbia, SC: National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work.
32. Otto, R., & Melton, G. B. (1990). Trends in legislation and case law. In R. T. Ammerman & M. Hersen (Eds.), Children at risk: An evaluation of factors contributing to child abuse and neglect (pp. 55-83). New York, NY: Plenum.
33. Melton, G. B., Schwartz, I. M., & Resnick, M. D. (1990). Legal issues in children's health care. In M. Schlesinger & L. Eisenberg (Eds.), Children in a changing health care system: Assessments and proposals for reform (pp. 49-64). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
34. Melton, G. B. (1990). Ethical dilemmas in playing by the rules: Applied developmental research and the law. In C. B. Fisher & W. W. Tryon (Eds.), Ethical issues in applied developmental psychology (pp. 145-161). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
35. Melton, G. B. (1990). Promoting children's dignity through mental health services. In C.P. Cohen & H. A. Davidson (Eds.), Children's rights in America: The U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child compared with United States law (pp. 239-258). Washington, DC: American Bar Association, Center on Children and the Law, and Defense for Children International-USA.
36. Melton, G. B. (1990). Children as objects of social control: Implications for training in children's services. In P. R. Magrab & P. Wohlford (Eds.), Clinical training in psychology: Improving psychological services for children and adolescents with severe mental disorders (pp. 151-156). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
37. Melton, G. B. (1991). Some summary impressions. In M. G. Flekkøy (Ed.), Models for monitoring the protection of children's rights (pp. 99-102). Florence, Italy: UNICEF, International Child Development Centre.
38. Melton, G. B. (1991). Selling adults on children's issues: Problems of class advocacy. In J. C. Westman (Ed.), Who speaks for the children? The handbook of individual and class child advocacy (pp. 275-291). Sarasota, FL: Professional Resources Exchange.
39. Melton, G. B. (1991). Rights of adolescents. In R. M. Lerner, A. C. Petersen, & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence (pp. 930-933). New York, NY: Garland.
40. Melton, G. B. (1991). Children as legal actors. In D. K. Kagehiro & W. S. Laufer (Eds.), Handbook of psychology and law (pp. 275-291). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
41. Melton, G. B. (1991). Respecting boundaries: Minors, privacy, and behavioral research. In B. Stanley & J. Sieber (Eds.), Social research on children and adolescents: Ethical issues (pp. 65-84). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
42. Melton, G. B. (1992). The improbability of prevention of sexual abuse. In D. J. Willis, E. W. Holden, & M. Rosenberg (Eds.), Prevention of child maltreatment (pp. 168-189). New York, NY: Wiley.
43. Kelly, M. P., & Melton, G. B. (1992). Ethical and legal issues. In D. J. Willis & J. L. Culbertson (Eds.), Testing young children (pp. 408-425). Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
44. Melton, G. B., & Ehrenreich, N. S. (1992). Ethical and legal issues in mental health services for children. In C. E. Walker & M. C. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of clinical child psychology (2nd ed., pp. 1035-1055). New York, NY: Wiley.
45. Melton, G. B. (1992). Foreword to S. Wurtele & C. Miller-Perrin, Preventing child sexual abuse (pp. vii-x). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
46. Melton, G. B., & Pagliocca, P. M. (1992). Treatment in the juvenile justice system: Directions for policy and practice. In J. J. Cocozza (Ed.), Responding to the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system (pp. 107-139). Seattle, WA: National Coalition for the Mentally Ill in the Criminal Justice System.
47. Melton, G. B., & Limber, S. P. (1992). What rights mean to children: Children's own views. In M. Freeman & P. Veerman (Eds.), Ideologies of children's rights (pp. 167-187). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff. Reprinted in Czech in In J. Kovařík.(Ed.), Dětská práva, právní povědomí, participace dětí, a sociální služby [Children’s rights, legal awareness, participation, and social services] (pp. 48-61). Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: University of South Bohemia, 2001.
48. Melton, G. B. (1993). Human dignity and the experience of children: The UN Convention as a framework for policy in developed countries. In J. Harvey, U. Dolgopol, & S. Castell-McGregor (Eds.), Implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Australia (pp. 23-29). Adelaide, South Australia: Children's Interest Bureau.
49. Melton, G. B., & Sullivan, M. (1993). The concept of entitlement and its incompatibility with American legal culture. In M. A. Jensen & S. G. Goffin (Eds.), Visions of entitement: The care and education of America’s children (pp. 47-58). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
50. Melton, G. B. (1994). Expert opinions: "Not for cosmic understanding." In B. D. Sales & G. Van den Bos (Eds.) Psychology in litigation and legislation (pp. 55-99). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
51. Melton, G. B., & Barry, F. D. (1994). Neighbors helping neighbors: The vision of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect. In G. B. Melton & F. Barry (Eds.), Protecting children from abuse and neglect: Foundations for a new national strategy (pp. 1-13). New York, NY: Guilford.
52. Melton, G. B. (1994). Building safe environments for children: The integration of research, teaching, and public service. In P. A. Keller (Ed.), Academic paths: Career decisions and experiences of psychologists (pp. 135-147). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
53. Melton, G. B. (1995). Personal satisfaction and the welfare of families, communities, and society. In G. B. Melton (Ed.), Nebraska Symposium on Motivation: Vol. 42. The individual, the family, and social good: Personal fulfillment in times of change (pp. ix-xxvii). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
54. Weisz, P. V., & Melton, G. B. (1995). Legal issues in adolescent health care. In J. L. Wallander & L. J. Siegel (Eds.), Adolescent health problems: Behavioral perspectives (pp. 72-89). New York, NY: Guilford.
55. Pagliocca, P. M., Melton, G. B., Weisz, V., & Lyons, P. M. (1995). Parenting and the law. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (Vol. 3, pp. 437-457). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
56. Melton, G. B., & Stanley, B. (1996). The psychology of research involving special populations. In B. H. Stanley, J. E. Sieber, & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Research ethics: A psychological approach (pp. 177-202). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
57. Saks, M. J., & Melton, G. B. (1996). Is it possible to legislate morality? Encouraging psychological contributions to problems of research ethics. In B. H. Stanley, J. E. Sieber, & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Research ethics: A psychological approach (pp. 225-253). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
58. Melton, G. B. (1996). Foreword to M. Kagawa-Singer, P. Katz, D. Taylor, & J. Vanderryn, Health issues for minority adolescents (pp. vii-xi). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
59. Melton, G. B. (1997). Why don't the knuckleheads use common sense? In S. W. Henggeler & A. B. Santos (Eds.), Innovative services for difficult-to-treat populations (pp. 351-370). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press.
60. Melton, G. B., & Kaufman, N. H. (1997). Monitoring of children's rights. In A. Ben-Arieh & H. Wintersberger (Eds.), Monitoring and measuring the state of children: Beyond survival (Eurosocial Report No. 62, pp. 81-88). Vienna, Austria: European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research.
61. Limber, S. P., Flerx, V. C., Nation, M. A., & Melton, G. B. (1998). Bullying among school children in the United States. In M. W. Watts (Ed.), Cross-cultural perspectives on youth and violence (pp. 159-173). Greenwich, CT: JAI.
62. Melton, G. B., Huss, M. T., & Tomkins, A. J. (1999). Training in forensic psychology and the law. In I. B. Weiner & A. K. Hess (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (2nd ed., pp. 700-720). New York: Wiley.
63. Melton, G. B. (1999). Foreword. In A. B. Andrews & N. H. Kaufman (Eds.), Implementing the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child: A standard of living adequate for development (pp. xvii-xxi). Westport, CT: Praeger.
64. Melton, G. B., Limber, S. P., & Teague, T. (1999). Changing schools for changing families. In R. C. Pianta & M. J. Cox (Eds.), The transition to kindergarten (pp. 179-213). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
65. Melton, G. B. (1999). Privacy issues in child mental health services. In J. J. Gates & B. S. Arons (Eds.), Privacy and confidentiality in mental health care (pp. 47-70). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes. (Based on a paper prepared for presentation at The Carter Center, Atlanta)
66. Melton, G. B. (2000). Community change, community stasis, and the law. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of community psychology (pp. 523-540). New York, NY: Plenum.
67. Melton, G. B., Ehrenreich, N. S., & Lyons, P. M., Jr. (2001). Ethical and legal issues in mental health services for children. In C. E. Walker & M. C. Roberts (Eds.), Handbook of clinical child psychology (3rd ed., pp. 1074-1093). New York, NY: Plenum.
68. Melton, G. B., Kaufman, N. H., Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., Limber, S. P., & McDonell, J. R. (2001). Trendy americkě demokracie a veřejné sociální péči: Implikace pro českou společnost [Trends in American democracy and public welfare: Implications for Czech society]. In J. Kovařík.(Ed.), Dětská práva, právní povědomí, participace dětí, a sociální služby [Children’s rights, legal awareness, participation, and social services] (pp. 175-189). Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: University of South Bohemia. (Published in Czech in 2001 and in English in 2002)
69. Cohn, F., Stobo, J., & Salmon, M. E. (Eds.). (2002). Confronting chronic neglect: The education and training of health professionals on family violence. Washington, DC: National Academy Press. (Contributed substantially to Chapter 6; contributed sections to Chapters 3 and 4).
70. Melton, G. B., & Thompson, R. A. (2002). The conceptual foundation: Why child protection should be neighborhood-based and child-centered. In G. B. Melton, R. A. Thompson, & M. A. Small (Eds.), Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system (pp. 3-27). Westport, CT: Praeger.
71. Murphy-Berman, V., & Melton, G. B. (2002). The self-help movement and neighborhood support for troubled families. In G. B. Melton, R. A. Thompson, & M. A. Small (Eds.), Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system (pp. 233-244). Westport, CT: Praeger.
72. Small, M. A., Melton, G. B., Olson, K. A., & Tomkins, A. J. (2002). Creating caring communities: The need for structural change. In G. B. Melton, R. A. Thompson, & M. A. Small (Eds.), Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system (pp. 263-279). Westport, CT: Praeger.
73. Wilson, K., & Melton, G. B. (2002). Exemplary neighborhood-based child protection programs. In G. B. Melton, R. A. Thompson, & M. A. Small (Eds.), Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based child protection system (pp. 197-213). Westport, CT: Praeger.
74. Pagliocca, P. M., Melton, G. B., Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Weisz, V. (2002). Parenting and the law. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting (2nd ed., Vol. 5, pp. 463-485). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
75. Melton, G. B. (2002). Construindo comunidades: Lições do Norte [Building community: Lessons from the North]. In I. Rizzini (Ed.), Pesquisa em ação: Crianças, adolescents, famílias e comunidades [Research in action: Children, youth, families, and communities] (Portuguese translation, pp. 53-59; original English version, pp. 60-65). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: University of Saint Ursula, Center for Research on Childhood.
76. Melton, G. B. (2002). Democratization and children’s lives. In N. H. Kaufman & I. Rizzini (Eds.), Globalization and children: Exploring potentials for enhancing opportunities in the lives of children and youth (pp. 47-67). New York, NY: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
77. Limber, S. P., McDonell, J., Melton, G. B., Small, M. A., & Wilson, K. (2002). Child protection in the United States: Toward a child-centered, neighborhood-based approach to child protection. In J. Dunovský (Ed.), Dětská práva v praxi (pp. 16-31). Cěske Budějovice, Czech Republic: University of South Bohemia.
78. Bonnie, R. J., & Wallace, R. B. (Eds.; G. B. Melton, contributing author). (2002). Elder mistreatment: Abuse, neglect, and exploitation in an aging America. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
79. Melton, G. B. (2002). Starting a new generation of research. In B. L. Bottoms, M. B. Kovera, & B. D. McCauliff (Eds.), Children, social science, and the law (pp. 449-453). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
80. Limber, S. P., Nation, M., Tracy, A. J., Melton, G. B., & Flerx, V. (2004). Implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention programme in the southeastern United States. In P. K. Smith, D. Pepler, & K. Rigsby (Eds.), Bullying in schools: How successful can interventions be? (pp. 55-79). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
81. Melton, G. B. (2005). Children’s rights in everyday life: The Convention on the Rights of the Child as a tool for social transformation. In M. Bruning & G. Ruitenberg (Eds.), Rechten van het kind in (Inter)nationaal perspectief [The rights of the child in (inter)national perspective] (pp. 14-33). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: SWP.
82. Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Melton, G. B. (2005). Coping with mental health problems in young adulthood: Diversity of needs and uniformity of programs. In D. W. Osgood, E. M. Foster, C. Flanagan, & G. R. Ruth (Eds.), On your own without a net: The transition to adulthood for vulnerable populations (pp. 304-322). Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
83. Melton, G. B., & Kimbrough-Melton, R. J. (2006). The integration of assessment, treatment, and justice: Pipedream or possibility? In S. N. Sparta & G. P. Koocher (Eds.), Forensic assessment of children and adolescents: Issues and applications (pp. 30-45). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
84. Melton, G. B. (2006). Foreword: Community building—So what? In J. Barnes, I. Katz, M. O‛ Brien, & J. Korbin, Children, families, and communities: Theory, research, policy, and practice (pp. xi-xx). Chichester, England: Wiley.
85. Melton, G. B. (2009). Foreword. In B. Lonne, N. Parton, J. Thomson, & M. Harries, Reforming child protection (pp. xi-xiv). London, England: Routledge.
86. Melton, G. B. (2009). How Strong Communities restored my faith in humanity: Children can live in safety. In K. A. Dodge & D. L. Coleman (Eds.), Preventing child maltreatment: Community approaches (pp. 82-101). New York, NY: Guilford.
87. Melton, G. B. (2010). “To such as these, the kingdom of heaven belongs”: Religious faith as foundation for children’s rights. In J. Garbarino & G. Sigman (Eds.), Children’s right to a healthy environment (pp. 3-30). New York, NY: Springer.
88. Melton, G. B. (2011). Young children's rights. In R. Tremblay, M. Boivin, R. DeV. Peters, & R. G. Barr (Eds.), Encylopedia on early childhood development [On-line]. Montreal, Quebec: University of Montreal, Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development. Available at
89. Worley, N. K., & Melton, G. B. (2013). Mandated reporting laws and child maltreatment: The evolution of a flawed policy response. In R. D. Krugman & J. E. Korbin (Eds.), C. Henry Kempe: A 50-year legacy to the field of child abuse and neglect (pp. 103-118). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
90. Melton, G. B. (2014). Strong Communities for Children: A community-wide approach to prevention of child maltreatment. In J. E. Korbin & R. D. Krugman (Eds.), Handbook of child maltreatment (pp. 329-339). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
91. Melton, G. B., Gross-Manos, D., Ben-Arieh, A., & Yazykova, E. (2013). The nature and scope of child research: Learning about children’s lives. In G. B. Melton, A. Ben-Arieh, J. Cashmore, G. S. Goodman, & N. K. Worley (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of child research (pp. 3-27). London, England: Sage.
92. Melton, G. B. (2014). “Because it’s the right (or wrong) thing to do”: When child well-being is the wrong outcome. In A. Ben-Arieh, F. Casas, I. Frønes, & J. E. Korbin (Eds.), The handbook of child well-being: Theories, methods, and policies in global perspective (Vol. 4, pp. 2561-2574). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
93. Melton, G. B., & Wang, W. (2015). Young people as leaders in (and sometimes victims of) political and cultural change. In A. B. Smith (Ed.), Enhancing children’s rights: Connecting research, policy, and practice (pp. 197-213). Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England: Palgrave Macmillan.
96. Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., & Melton, G. B. (2015). Child protection policy. In P. Donnelly & C. L. Ward (Eds.), Oxford textbook of violence prevention: Epidemiology, evidence, and policy (pp. 255-260). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
97. Melton, G. B. (2016). Child protection. In H. Montgomery (Ed.), Oxford bibliographies in childhood studies. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Available at
98. Melton, G. B. (in prep.). Child protection. In C. Franklin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of social work online. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; Washington, DC: NASW Press.
99. Melton, G. B. (in prep.). Strong Communities for Children: Uniting communities to ensure that children are safe, secure, and nurtured. In J. E. Korbin & R. D. Krugman (Eds.), Handbook of child maltreatment (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.
Test Reviews and Book Reviews (Other than Major Law-Review-Style Essay-Reviews)
1. Melton, G. B. (1980). [Review of Before the best interests of the child]. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 3, 195-197.
2. Melton, G. B. (1980). [Review of Child advocacy]. International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 3, 197-199.
3. Melton, G. B. (1984). [Review of Who speaks for the child? The problems of proxy consent.] Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 12, 101-103.
4. Melton, G. B. (1985). [Review of Law School Admission Test.] In J. V. Mitchell, Jr. (Ed.), Ninth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 824-826). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Also available online on the Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMYD), Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Inc. (BRS), 1984. (Accession number AN-09032567.)
5. Melton, G. B. (1986). [Review of A clinician's guide to forensic psychological assessment]. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 37, 405-406.
6. Melton, G. B. (1986). What's "rural" about rural mental health? [Review of Psychiatric services for underserved rural populations]. Contemporary Psychology, 31, 525.
7. Melton, G. B. (1986). Discovery of child abuse in Britain. [Review of The politics of child abuse]. Contemporary Psychology, 31, 791.
8. Melton, G. B. (1986). [Review of Informed consent: A study of psychiatric decisionmaking]. Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 14, 171.
9. Melton, G. B. (1987). Dilemma without conflict. [Review of The adolescent dilemma: International perspectives on the family planning rights of minors.] Contemporary Sociology, 16, 892-893.
10. Melton, G. B. (1987). [Review of Legal medicine 1985]. Contemporary Psychology, 32, 830.
11. Melton, G. B. (1989). Abortion and moral uncertainty [Review of The abortion question]. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 238.
12. Melton, G. B. (1989). Untangling the web [Review of Children at risk]. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 266.
13. Melton, G. B. (1989). [Review of the Child Abuse Potential Inventory]. In J. C. Conoley & J. Kramer (Eds.), The tenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 153-155). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Also available online on the Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMY), BRS Information Technologies, 1988. (Accession No. AN-10120389)
14. Melton, G. B. (1989). [Review of Medical Ethics Inventory]. In J. C. Conoley & J. Kramer (Eds.), The tenth mental measurements yearbook (pp. 499-500). Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. Also available online on the Buros Institute Database (Search Label MMY), BRS Information Technologies (Accession No. AN-10090213).
15. Melton, G. B. (1990). Review of Child abuse in the Deep South: Geographical modifiers of abuse characteristics. Child Development Abstracts and Bibliography, 64, 105-106.
16. Melton, G. B. (1990). Child protection: Making a bad situation worse? [Review of books by Besharov and Wald et al.]. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 213-215.
17. Melton, G. B. (1990). Untangling the web again [Reply to Feldman & Stiffman]. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 624.
18. Melton, G. B. (1991). [Review of Professional responsibilities in protecting the children: A public health approach to child sexual abuse]. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 16, 380-381.
19. Melton, G. B. (1991). [Letter to the editor in re substance abuse and child protection]. Developments in Mental Health Law, 11(1), 4.
20. Melton, G. B. (1992). A fantasy project on juvenile delinquency. [Review of Human development and criminal behavior: New ways of advancing knowledge.] Contemporary Psychology, 37, 247.
21. Melton, G. B. (1993). [Review of Children's participation: From tokenism to citizenship]. International Journal of Children's Rights, 1, 263-266.
22. Melton, G. B. (1994). Therapy through law [Review of Essays in therapeutic jurisprudence]. Contemporary Psychology, 39, 215-216.
23. Melton, G. B. (1994). Law in the dorms [Review of Legal socialization: A study of norms]. Contemporary Psychology, 39, 488-490.
24. Melton, G. B. (1994). [Review of Gregory of Zimbabwe]. Child Abuse and Neglect, 18, 701-702.
25. Melton. G. B. (1995). [Review of the Ackerman-Schoendorf Scales for Parent Evaluation of Custody]. In J. C. Conoley & J. C. Impara (Eds.), Mental measurements yearbook (12th ed., pp. 9-10). Lincoln: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Buros Institute of Mental Measurements.
26. Melton, G. B. (1996). [Review of More than kissing babies? and The welfare of children]. Social Work, 41, 331-332.
27. Melton, G. B. (1997). Child protection: Still in search of syndromes. [Review of The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment]. Contemporary Psychology, 42, 636-638.
28. Melton, G. B. (1998). Saliva testing is not the answer to childhood aggression [Review of Understanding aggression in children]. Contemporary Psychology, 43, 868-869.
29. Melton, G. B. (2004). What’s rural about rural behavioral health? [Review-essay on Rural behavioral health care: An interdisciplinary guide]. Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 49, 633-635.
Reports
1. Melton, G. B. (1986). The Minnesota child protection statutes: A critique. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
2. Melton, G. B. (1987). The epidemiology of mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. Technical report to the Nebraska Department of Public Institutions.
3. Melton, G. B. (1987). Service models in child and adolescent mental health: What works for whom? Technical report to the Nebraska Department of Public Institutions.
4. Melton, G. B., & Oberlander, L. B. (1989). The health of rural adolescents. Report to the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment. (NTIS No. PB 91-154 385/AS)
5. Melton, G. B., Abbey, J. M., & Schwartz, I. M. (1989). Review of applications for certificates of need for child and adolescent psychiatric programs in Michigan: Issues and guidelines. Lansing: Michigan Department of Mental Health.
6. U. S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect. (H. Davidson, R. Krugman, G. Melton, & B. Metrikin-Gold, principal authors). (1990). Responding to a national emergency: Critical first steps toward a national strategy on child abuse and neglect. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
7. U. S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse & Neglect (G. Melton, H. Davidson, B. Metrikin-Gold, & R. Krugman, principal authors). (1991). Creating caring communities: Blueprint for an effective federal policy on child abuse and neglect. Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office.
8. Melton, G. B. (1992). Child protection and the legal system of the future. Report to the Judicial Council of California, 2020 Vision Project, Committee on Family Relations.
9. Melton, G. B. (1992). Foreign innovations in dispute resolution in matters related to juvenile justice and child protection. Report to the Judicial Council of California, 2020 Vision Project, Committee on Family Relations
10. U. S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect (G. B. Melton & F. Barry, principal authors). (1993). Neighbors helping neighbors: A new national strategy for the protection of children. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
11. Melton, G. B. (1995). Watching out for children: An ombudsman's job. Report prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Available at
12. Melton, G. B. (1998). Facilitating children's participation: A framework for legal reform. Report to the Israeli Ministry of Justice and the (Israeli) National Council of the Child.
13. Lee, M. D., Thompson, R. A., Wilson, K., & Melton, G. B. (2000). Creating supportive communities for families with young children. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
14. Lee, M. D., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (2001). Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life: Annual report 1999-2000. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
15. Melton, G. B. (2001). Building a learning society. In M. D. Lee & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life: Annual report 1999-2000 (pp. 1-5). Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
16. Melton, G. B., & Bethune, W. L. (2001). Growing up Southern. In M. D. Lee & G. B. Melton (Eds.), Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life: Annual report 2000-2001 (pp. 1-13). Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
17. Lee, M. D., & Melton, G. B. (Eds.). (2001). Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life: Annual report 2000-2001. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
18. Melton, G. B., Frick, P. J., Lyons, P. M., Jr., & Vazzana, A. D. (2002). Supporting families of serious and habitual offenders: Family Associates manual. Miami, FL: Juvenile Assessment Center.
19. Melton, G. B., & Lee, M. D. (Eds.). (2003). Annual report 2002. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
20. Melton, G. B. (2003). Destination: Top 20; Mission: Strengthen families and communities. In G. B. Melton & M. D. Lee (Eds.), Annual report 2002 (pp. 1-3). Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
21. Melton, G. B. (2003). Understanding the big picture: IFNL as a global institute. In G. B. Melton & M. D. Lee (Eds.), Annual report 2002 (pp. 29-33). Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
22. Melton, G. B. (2005, August). Building a context for success: Communities, families, and schools. Report to the South Carolina Educational Oversight Committee.
23. Melton, G. B. (2006, September). Background for a General Comment on the right to participate: Article 12 and related provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Report for use by the U.N. Committee on the Rights of the Child. Accompanying Executive Summary prepared as a draft General Comment.
24. McLeigh, J. D., Melton, G. B., Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., & Wallace, N. (2015). How can Strong Communities transform community norms and structures to promote children’s safety and well-being? Austin, TX: Upbring.
25. Melton, G. B., Kimbrough-Melton, R. J., & McLeigh, J. D. (Eds.). (in prep.). Manual for Strong Communities for Children. Aurora, CO: Kempe Center for Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect.
Newspaper Articles, Magazine Articles, and Brochures (Popular Press)
1. Melton, G. B. (1983, March). Wanted: Right to privacy for children. Psychology Today, pp. 78-79.
2. Melton, G. B., & McCall, R. B. (1986). Children in the legal process. Boys Town, NE: Father Flanagan's Boys' Home.
3. Melton, G. B. (1991, Spring). The Supreme Court and the myth of the ideal family. Issues in Science and Technology, pp. 17-18.
4. Melton, G. B. (1993, January/February). Young children's political rights. Childright, pp. 17-19.
5. Melton, G. B. (1997). Going where the kids are. Family Futures, 1(1), 4-5.
6. Melton, G. B. (1997). Strong neighborhoods and strong families. Family Futures, 1(2), 4.
7. Melton, G. B. (1997). People do make a difference. Family Futures, 1(5), 4-7.
8. Melton, G. B. (1997). Connections: The glue of family life. Family Futures,1(6), 4-5.
9. Melton, G. B. (1998). The smallest democracy. Family Futures, 2(1), 4-5.
10. Melton, G. B. (1998). Parents and children. Family Futures, 2(1), 10-14.
11. Melton, G. B. (1998). Are “doing justice” and “doing good” compatible? Family Futures, 2(3), 4-5.
12. Melton, G. B. (1998). Paying attention to kids who hurt. Family Futures, 2(4), 4-5.
13. Melton, G. B. (2001, January 14). Family centers are the heart of community. Greenville News, p. 3F. Derived from G. B. Melton, J. Ott, & K. Wilson, The development and current status of selected family resource centers in Greenville County. Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
14. Melton, G. B. (2002, May 13). Let’s build a world fit for children everywhere. Greenville News, p. 7A.
15. Melton, G. B. (2002). We need a fathers’ movement to protect all children. Greenville News, p. 3G.
16. Melton, G. B. (2004, April 11). Communities must resolve to keep our children safe. Greenville News, p. 11A.
17. Melton, G. B. (2004, May 11). Strong communities provide safe haven for children. Greenville News, p. 7A.
18. Barker, J. F., & Melton, G. B. (2006, April 5). Clemson helps to build caring communities for families. Greenville News, p. 9A.
19. Melton, G. B. (2007). A community, its children, and the Golden Rule. In C. Benson (Ed.), Neighbors: Stories from Fountain Inn (pp. x-xv). Clemson, SC: Clemson University, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life.
Comments, Editorials, Letters to the Editor, and Newsletter Articles
1. Melton, G. B. (1979). More on mainstreaming [Letter to the editor]. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 49, 386, 551.
2-5. Presidential columns, Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services Newsletter:
(1986, Winter). On humility: Knowing what we don't know. P. 2.
(1986, Spring). Respect for children: Caring about what we do. Pp. 1, 5.
(1986, Summer). Beneficence and advocacy: Giving away what we know. P. 8.
(1986, Fall). Should the juvenile court be abolished? Pp. 4, 11.
6. Melton, G. B. (1987, Spring). If the status of adolescents is to change, so must youth services. Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services Newsletter, pp. 2, 13-14.
7. Melton, G. B. (1989, Winter). Walking lightly through legal battlefields. Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services Newsletter, pp. 2, 12.
8. Melton, G. B. (1990, Winter). Giving psychology away systematically: Division 37's task forces. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, pp. 4-5, 19.
9. Melton, G. B. (1990). APA and adolescent abortion: Knowing what we do know. American Psychologist, 45, 1171-1173.
10. Melton, G. B. (1991). [Letter to the editor in re substance abuse and child protection]. Developments in Mental Health Law, 11I(1), 4.
11. Melton, G. B., & Limber, S. (1991). Caution in child maltreatment cases. American Psychologist, 46, 82-84.
12. Melton, G. B. (1992, Spring). Adolescent abortion, the law, and social reality. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, pp. 1-2.
13. Gazzaniga, M. (1992). Expert opinion: Is it traumatic for children to testify in child sexual abuse cases? [Interviews of G. B. Melton, D. Runyan, and a parent]. Victim Services Report, 3(1), 4-5.
14. Melton, G. B. (1992, Fall). Mr. President, sign the Convention. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, pp. 12-13.
15. Melton, G. B. (1993). Anarchy ain't so great. Law and Human Behavior, 17, 259-260.
16. Melton, G. B. (1993, Winter). Infant home visitation: One step toward creation of caring communities. The Advisor [newsletter of the American Professional Society on Abuse of Children], pp. 5-6, 26-27.
17. Wilson, K. K., & Melton, G. B. (1996). Resilient neighborhoods for resilient families. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, 19(3), 9-11.
18. Melton, G. B. (1996). “People shouldn’t have to ask”: The vision of the Institute for Families in Society. Child, Youth, and Family Services Quarterly, 19(3), 1-3.
19. Melton, G. B. (2001). Making the Convention on the Rights of the Law “real law.” Newsletter of the International Society for Study of Behavioral Development, Serial No. 38, 16-18.
20. Melton, G. B. (2002). Fulfilling children’s right to personality: APA and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Child, Youth, and Family Services Advocate, 25(3), 1-4.
21. Melton, G. B. (2005, August 19). Two will be honored for battle against war‛s trauma. Psychiatric News, p. 27.
22. Tartaro, J. (2006, October). Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Gary Melton. Ortho Bulletin, 1, 3, 7.
23. Melton, G. B., & Willis, D. J. (2008). The evolution of child advocacy: Directions for Division 37. Child and Family Policy and Practice Review, 4(2), 4-7.
24. Melton, G. B, & Bross, D. C. (2013). Honoring the past and guiding the future. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37, v-vii.
25. Melton, G. B. (2014). Dedication [A tribute to the late Stewart Asquith]. In G. B. Melton, A. Ben-Arieh, J. Cashmore, G. S. Goodman, & N. K. Worley (Eds.), The SAGE handbook of child research (pp. viii-ix). London, England: Sage.
26. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (2013). The pursuit of new Directions. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37, 1052-1055.
27. Melton, G. B. (2013). “Programs” aren’t enough. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37(Supp.), 1-7. Reprinted in Hebrew
28. Barbarin, O., & Melton, G. B. (2014). Editing on the edge in Denver, New Orleans, and Williamston—and soon In Dallas and Lincoln, too. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84, 607-608.
29. Melton, G. B. (2014). Milt Shore: Editor and advocate. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 84, 609-610.
30. Melton, G. B. (2015). Foreword: The ethics of work for “The Cruelty.” In B. Lonne, M. Harries, B. Featherstone, & M. Gray (Authors), Working ethically in child protection (pp. xi-xiv). London, England: Routledge.
31. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (2015). Children’s safety in community context. Child Abuse & Neglect, 41, 1-2.
32. McLeigh, J. D., & Melton, G. B. (2015). Addressing mental health challenges facing the “next America”: A call for culture change. AJO: The Community, 85(5), S1-S3.
33. Melton, G. B. (2016). Foreword [Tribute to A. B. Smith]. In C. Dalli & A. Meade (Eds.), Research, policy, and advocacy in the early years (pp. vii-xiii). Wellington: NZCER [New Zealand Council for Educational Research] Press.
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