An alarming increase of child abuse in Jackson County must have many factors, but one is rarely mentioned. It’s our changing definition of what it takes to abuse a child. Sunday’s Citizen Patriot ...

Finally. This past June, Massachusetts became the 49th state to criminalize so-called “revenge porn,” one component of a bill signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey. The law, “An Act to Prevent Abuse ...

The Law Revision Commission wants to streamline state law governing children, and the first step is going to be hard: redefining child abuse and neglect. The goal is to compose two definitions: one ...

In 2023, Maine had the second-highest rate of child maltreatment, behind only Massachusetts, according to federal data. But that statistic doesn’t necessarily mean that Maine parents are maltreating ...