Melissa Wells
Biographic Data
| ID | 3928530 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Wells |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Wells |
| SIGNATURE | WELLS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Hampshire |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0412-5690 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Disordered eating and hoarding after neglect
Building the perfect curse word
Behavioral and Substance Use Outcomes for Older Youth Living With a Parental Opioid Misuse
The United States has seen a crisis in the use and abuse of opioids since 2000 that has had impacts for the health care, criminal justice, and child welfare systems. After more than a decade of declines in out-of-home care placements, the increases in the last half of this decade may be attributed to parental misuse of opioids. While much is known about infants who are born drug exposed and the ramifications for child welfare practice and policy,…
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Child Welfare Agency Climate
This exploratory analysis considers the extent to which child welfare staff members' perceptions of organizational climate impact congruence with core beliefs for a specific practice model. The results suggest that measures of organizational climate may be associated with child welfare staff members' endorsement of specific practice model beliefs involving safety. As agencies implement and develop specific best practice approaches or more compreh…
Reentry into Out-of-Home Care
This longitudinal analysis examined predictors of reentry to foster care among children and youths who entered foster care between 2001 and 2007. Three sources of administrative data (Chapin Hall Center for Children longitudinal files, National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, and structured decision making) from one state were used to assess whether Child Protective Services workers' risk and safety assessment decisions are predictive of ree…
Challenges and strengths among Chafee Education and Training Voucher eligible youth
Crimes Involving Child Victims
This analysis examines child protective service reports made in 494 cases of child victimization known to police. The data were collected from police reports of assaults involving child victims in two rural northeastern towns from 1990 to 1999. Findings suggest that cases reported to child protective services (CPS) were more likely to involve child maltreatment and involve family/caretaker offenders. Cases in which victims were age 13 to 17 years…
Defining Child Pornography
This study examines law enforcement dilemmas in child pornography possession investigations in which no offender was arrested. A mail survey of US law enforcement agencies identified a sample of Internet child pornography possession cases where no arrest was made. Telephone surveys with law enforcement investigators were used to collect case‐specific data and information on dilemmas in these investigations. Law enforcement investigators reported …
Problematic Internet experiences
Reentry into Out-of-Home Care
This longitudinal analysis examined predictors of reentry to foster care among children and youths who entered foster care between 2001 and 2007. Three sources of administrative data (Chapin Hall Center for Children longitudinal files, National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, and structured decision making) from one state were used to assess whether Child Protective Services workers' risk and safety assessment decisions are predictive of ree…
Problematic Internet experiences
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Challenges and strengths among Chafee Education and Training Voucher eligible youth
Child Welfare Agency Climate
This exploratory analysis considers the extent to which child welfare staff members' perceptions of organizational climate impact congruence with core beliefs for a specific practice model. The results suggest that measures of organizational climate may be associated with child welfare staff members' endorsement of specific practice model beliefs involving safety. As agencies implement and develop specific best practice approaches or more compreh…
Defining Child Pornography
This study examines law enforcement dilemmas in child pornography possession investigations in which no offender was arrested. A mail survey of US law enforcement agencies identified a sample of Internet child pornography possession cases where no arrest was made. Telephone surveys with law enforcement investigators were used to collect case‐specific data and information on dilemmas in these investigations. Law enforcement investigators reported …
Problematic Internet experiences
Crimes Involving Child Victims
This analysis examines child protective service reports made in 494 cases of child victimization known to police. The data were collected from police reports of assaults involving child victims in two rural northeastern towns from 1990 to 1999. Findings suggest that cases reported to child protective services (CPS) were more likely to involve child maltreatment and involve family/caretaker offenders. Cases in which victims were age 13 to 17 years…
Challenges and strengths among Chafee Education and Training Voucher eligible youth
Reentry into Out-of-Home Care
This longitudinal analysis examined predictors of reentry to foster care among children and youths who entered foster care between 2001 and 2007. Three sources of administrative data (Chapin Hall Center for Children longitudinal files, National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, and structured decision making) from one state were used to assess whether Child Protective Services workers' risk and safety assessment decisions are predictive of ree…
Child Welfare Agency Climate
This exploratory analysis considers the extent to which child welfare staff members' perceptions of organizational climate impact congruence with core beliefs for a specific practice model. The results suggest that measures of organizational climate may be associated with child welfare staff members' endorsement of specific practice model beliefs involving safety. As agencies implement and develop specific best practice approaches or more compreh…
Behavioral and Substance Use Outcomes for Older Youth Living With a Parental Opioid Misuse
The United States has seen a crisis in the use and abuse of opioids since 2000 that has had impacts for the health care, criminal justice, and child welfare systems. After more than a decade of declines in out-of-home care placements, the increases in the last half of this decade may be attributed to parental misuse of opioids. While much is known about infants who are born drug exposed and the ramifications for child welfare practice and policy,…
Supervisor and policy roles in social media use as a new technology in child welfare
Building the perfect curse word
Disordered eating and hoarding after neglect
Psychology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Welfare (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Agency (philosophy (3 works) · Business (3 works)