Contents of This Chapter:

• Chapter Reading Guide
  • Chapter Learning Objectives
  • Key Terms
  • Licenses and Attributions for Chapter Reading Guide
    • Open Content, Original
• What Children and Families Need to Be Safe
  • Macro-Level and Micro-Level Aspects of Safety
  • Protective and Compensatory Childhood Experiences
  • Adverse Childhood Experiences
  • Licenses and Attributions for What Children and Families Need to be Safe
    • Open Content, Original
    • Open Content, Shared Previously
  • References
• Macro-Level and Micro-Level Factors Related to Safety
  • Social Supports that Increase Safety for Families
  • Safety Nets
  • Interconnection of Macro-Level Safety Factors
  • Quality Relationships
  • In Focus: Learning to Catch Each Other
  • Licenses and Attributions for Macro-Level and Micro-Level Factors Related to Safety
    • Open Content, Original
    • Open Content, Shared Previously
  • References
• Freedom from Violence and Abuse
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Sexual Violence
  • Child Abuse
  • Elder Abuse
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Licenses and Attributions for Freedom from Violence and Abuse
    • Open Content, Original
    • Open Content, Shared Previously
  • References
• Family Access to Safety and Stability
  • Limiting Factors for Safety and Stability
  • Addressing Barriers to Safety and Stability
  • In Focus: Why Domestic Violence Victims Stay
  • Accountability and Law Enforcement
  • Licenses and Attributions for Family Access to Safety and Stability
    • Open Content, Original
    • All Rights Reserved
  • References
• Looking Ahead: Restorative Practices
  • Licenses and Attributions for Looking Ahead: Restorative Practices
    • Open Content, Original
  • References
• Going Deeper
  • Want to Learn More?
  • Reflective Questions
  • Key Terms
  • Activity: Childhood Trauma over the Lifetime
    • Discussion Questions
  • Licenses and Attributions for Going Deeper
    • Open Content, Original
    • All Rights Reserved

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