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Following is a list of selected presentations at meetings and conferences. Some may be read online. Just click:

1997 "Whither Child Abuse? Problems and Prospects for a Social Movement. Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Ellensburg, WA, April 21

1996 "Simulating Problems of Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse," 11th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Dublin, Ireland, August 18-21.

------ "Quality Control in Child Protection: Deming's Message," Kinderschützforum; '96, Cologne, Germany. September 11.

1990 "The Heisenberg Principle and the Detection of Child Abuse." 8th International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Hamburg, Germany. September 2-6.

------ "Ordinary Language Analysis in the Study of Youth and Youth Problems." XII World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain. July 9-13.

1986 "Religion and Politics: Can They Be Separated? Should They Be Separated?" Annual Conference, Danforth Associates Northwest, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington. April 26.

1985 "Die amerikanische Jugend im Zeitalter Reagans [American Youth in the Era of Reagan]", Seminar on Problems of Contemporary American Society, Friederich-Ebert-Stiftung, Saarbrücken, Federal Republic of Germany. April 15-17.

1984 "Social Responses to Child Abuse in World Perspective". Third International Institute of Victimology, Lisbon, Portugal. November 11-17.

------ "Simulating Juvenile Delinquents' Case Histories". Washington Criminal Justice Educators, Skagit Valley Community College, Mt. Vernon, Washington. February 17.

1983 "Identification and Reporting Child Abuse." Annual meeting of the North American Simulation and Gaming Association, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J. October 19-21.

1982 ""Rethinking Child Abuse Theory." International Seminar on Victimology. Instituto Superiore di Scienza Criminale, Siracusa, Sicily. January 4-8 (by invitation).

1981 "Child Abuse in Germany." Sixth Annual International Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska. October 8-10 (in absentia).

------ ""Acting Out vs. Acting Up." Annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon. March 18-21.

1980 "Sociology Redesigned for Students in the Community." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. August 28.

1979 "Adolescent Parents, Wanted Pregnancies and Child Abuse." Western School Age Parent Conference, Portland, Oregon. June 21.

------ "Contemporary Child Abuse: An Analytic and Causal Model." International Seminar on "The Child and the Family," sponsored by the International Sociological Association, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota. August 20-24. Also chaired session on "Violence and Instability" at same seminar.

------ "Thoughts on Decision-making for Child-bearing.: Wanted Pregnancies and Child Abuse." Groves Conference on Marriage and the Family, Washington, D.C. April 27 (in absentia due to medical emergency).

1978 ""The Conglomerate Corporation, Organized Crime and Socialist Revolution: A Dialectical Analysis of Future Society." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California. September 5.

------ "Wanted Pregnancies and Child Abuse." Conference on Women's Studies, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, Washington. May 2.

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