The Kempe Award, established in 1984 and first awarded in 1985, is presented every two years to "an outstanding young professional or organization working in any discipline in the field of child abuse and neglect."
Since 1986, it has been presented by the
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
The award is named after
C. Henry Kempe
C. Henry Kempe (birth name Karl Heinz Kempe; April 6, 1922 in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) – March 3, 1984 in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii) was an American pediatrician and the first in the medical community to identify and recognize child ...
, a pioneer in the identification of
child abuse
Child abuse (also called child endangerment or child maltreatment) is physical, sexual, and/or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or a caregiver. Child abuse may include any act or failure to a ...
.
Award recipients
* 2016 –
David Finkelhor
David Finkelhor (born 1947) is an American sociologist known for his research into child sexual abuse and related topics. He is the director of the Crimes against Children Research Center, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory and profes ...
(USA), Pooja Taparia (India), Franziska Meinck (England)
* 2014 – R. Kim Oates (Australia)
* 2012 – R. Kim Oates (Australia)
* 2010 – John Leventhal, MD (USA)
* 2008 – Vidya Reddy (India)
* 2006 – Fu-Yong Jiao (China)
* 2004 – Heather Taussig (USA)
* 2002 –
Jordan River Foundation (Jordan)
* 2000 – Patricia Ip (Hong Kong)
* 1998 – Indian Council for Child Welfare (India)
* 1996 – The Center for Children's Rights (Thailand)
* 1994 – National Movement of Street Children in Brazil (Brazil)
* 1992 – PANIAMOR (Costa Rica)
* 1990 – NEWPIN New Parent-Infant Network (England)
* 1988 – Philista Onyango (Kenya)
* 1986 – George W. Brown (USA)
* 1985 –
James Garbarino
James Garbarino is an author and professor at Loyola University Chicago. He has specialized in studying what causes violence in children, how they cope with it and how to rehabilitate them. Garbarino has served as consultant or adviser to a wide r ...
(USA)
Footnotes
External links
The Kempe Foundation for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Child abuse
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