Theodore P Cro

Biographic Data

ID	4126830
NAME	Theodore P Cro
GIVEN NAMES	Theodore P
FAMILY NAME	Cro
SIGNATURE	CRO T P
AFFILIATIONS	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
ORCID	0000-0003-4097-1541
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	21
TOTAL CITATIONS	47
AUTHOR COUNT	21
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1988
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	3

Spiritual care in Children’s Advocacy Centers: Results of a survey of CAC directors
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Theodore P Cross et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2026References: 15
Particularly in the Southern region, many Children’s Advocacy Centers in the U.S. see spiritual harm in their practice and also see spirituality being used to help children heal. • Most commonly, CACs direct children to discuss spiritual questions with a therapist or refer them to a faith community. • However, the multidisciplinary team, including therapists, lack training on spiritual care and CACs have limited relationships with faith communiti…
Evaluation of outcomes of Mississippi’s Child Advocacy Studies (Cast) initiative
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Yu-Ling ChiuARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2025
Adolescents who enter state custody concurrently with a psychiatric hospitalization
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Shufen Wang et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2024References: 23
The Accuracy of Arrest Data in the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Alex Wagner et al.ARTICLECrime & Delinquency2023
This study compared NIBRS arrest data in a statewide sample with arrest and summons data on the same cases collected directly from law enforcement agencies (LEAs). NIBRS matched LEA data in 84.1% of cases. However, 5.8% of LEA arrests and 52.9% of LEA summons were false negatives, that is, they were incorrectly represented as not cleared by arrest in NIBRS. False negatives were more likely when more than 1 day elapsed between incident and arrest …
The Relationship of DNA Evidence to Prosecution Outcomes in Sexual Assault Cases
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Laura Siller et al.ARTICLEViolence Against Women2022Cited by: 2References: 1
This study examined the relationship between DNA evidence and outcomes of prosecution of sexual assault. Researchers coded data from prosecutor and crime laboratory files for sexual assault cases referred to prosecutors between 2005 and 2011 in a metropolitan jurisdiction in the northeastern United States. Cases with a DNA match were significantly more likely to move forward and result in conviction, even with other predictor variables statistica…
Development and Application of a Self-Report Measure for Measuring Change During Simulation Training in Child Protection
Yu-Ling Chiu, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2021Cited by: 1References: 3
A national movement has been developed in the last decade to use simulation training to train child welfare workers. This article reports on a practical measurement method, Daily Experience of Simulation Training (DEST), that the authors have used since 2018 to evaluate every cohort in a week-long statewide simulation training program for new child protection investigators. The DEST measures daily changes in trainees’ self-report confidence, soli…
The relationship of needs assessed at entry into out-of-home care to children and youth’s later emotional and behavioral problems in care
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Theodore P Cross et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021Cited by: 1References: 49
Evaluation of a simulation training program for new child protection investigators: A survey of investigators in the field
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Theodore P Cross et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2021References: 34
Moving from procedure to practice: A statewide child protection simulation training model
Betsy P Goulet, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2020Cited by: 2References: 4
In FY 2015 the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services partnered with the University of Illinois Springfield to develop the Child Protection Training Academy in order to redesign the six-week classroom training for new investigators and create an experiential component. This paper chronicles the goals of the partnership and the planning and implementation of the Academy
How a training team delivers simulation training of child protection investigators
Open AccessYu-Ling Chiu, Theodore P CroARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 1References: 22
Families’ Experience of Pediatric Onset Multiple Sclerosis
Open AccessTheodore P Cro, Alane K Shanks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2019
Food Neglect and Infant Development
Open AccessJesse J Helton, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2018References: 48
The impact of food insecurity on child development in the general U.S. population is well‐established, yet little is known about the harm of food neglect relative to other types of maltreatment. Due to the harmful physiological impact of inadequate nutrients and the social impact of food‐related stress, it was hypothesized that food neglect would be more likely to impair infant cognitive and language development than physical abuse, sexual abuse,…
Psychology and child protection: Promoting widespread improvement in practice
Theodore P Cro, Isaac HershkowitzARTICLEPsychology Public Policy and Law2017Cited by: 1References: 10
What explains instability in foster care? Comparison of a matched sample of children with stable and unstable placements
Open AccessEun Koh, Nancy Rolock et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2014Cited by: 21References: 32
Why Do Children Experience Multiple Placement Changes in Foster Care? Content Analysis on Reasons for Instability
Theodore P Cro, Eun Koh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Child Welfare2013Cited by: 5References: 6
This study used content analysis and qualitative analysis to examine reasons for moves in 53 child welfare cases with placement instability. Coding from case records of reasons for placement moves revealed three categories in most cases: 1) caregiver-related reasons, such as maltreatment by caregivers or changes in caregivers' lives; 2) child behavior-related reasons such as aggressive behaviors; and 3) system- or policy-related reasons, such as …
The Justice System for Juvenile Victims: A Comprehensive Model of Case Flow
Open AccessDavid Finkelhor, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2005
This article proposes the idea that there is a de facto juvenile victim justice system, a complex set of agencies and institutions that responds to juvenile victims of crime and violence, including child maltreatment and conventional crime. The article offers a schematic model of that system and tries to quantify the case flow through its various components, that is, the likelihood that given certain actions (e.g., a substantiated finding of malt…
Criminal Investigations of Child Abuse: The Research Behind “Best Practices”
Open AccessLisa M Jones, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2005
This article reviews the research relevant to seven practices considered by many to be among the most progressive approaches to criminal child abuse investigations: multidisciplinary team investigations, trained child forensic interviewers, videotaped interviews, specialized forensic medical examiners, victim advocacy programs, improved access to mental health treatment for victims, and Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs). The review finds that de…
Adolescent Runaway Behavior in Specialized Foster Care
Open AccessSamuel J Fasulo, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2002Cited by: 11
Interpreting the Fort Bragg Children's Mental Health Demonstration Project: The cup is half full
L Saxe, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1997Cited by: 2
Children's mental health: The gap between what we know and what we do
L Saxe, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1988
Children's mental health: The gap between what we know and what we do
L Saxe, Theodore P Cro et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist1988