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Overview

Gary B. Melton is affiliated with the University of Colorado Denver in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Health Professions and Psychology, with a particular focus on General Health Professions and Clinical Psychology as subfields. The main topics addressed in their work include Child Abuse and Trauma, Homelessness and Social Issues, and Community Health and Development.

Their recent research contributions include publications in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice. Notable papers authored by Melton are:

  • The Nature, Logic, and Significance of Strong Communities for Children (2020), published in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice

Other related work featuring coauthors connected to Melton's research includes:

  • One Person Can Make a Difference: Stories of Strong Communities and Their Outreach Workers (2020), published in the International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice

Frequent collaborators in Melton's body of work include:

  • Jill D. McLeigh
  • Paulette Grate
  • Doris Cole
  • Carmit Katz

The main publication venue for Melton's research has been the International Journal on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice, with at least two publications.

This profile reflects Gary B. Melton's academic contributions as documented, focusing on the integration of community health, child welfare, and social issues within the professional fields of health and psychology.

Best Publications

  • Psychological Evaluations for the Courts: A Handbook for Mental Health Professionals and Lawyers

    Gary B. Melton;John Petrila;Norman G. Poythress;Christopher Slobogin

  • Family preservation using multisystemic therapy: an effective alternative to incarcerating serious juvenile offenders.

    Scott W. Henggeler;Gary B. Melton;Linda A. Smith

  • Multisystemic therapy with violent and chronic juvenile offenders and their families: The role of treatment fidelity in successful dissemination.

    Scott W. Henggeler;Gary B. Melton;Michael J. Brondino;David G. Scherer

  • Family preservation using multisystemic treatment: Long-term follow-up to a clinical trial with serious juvenile offenders

    Scott W. Henggeler;Gary B. Melton;Linda A. Smith;Sonja K. Schoenwald

  • Effects of multisystemic therapy on drug use and abuse in serious juvenile offenders: A progress report from two outcome studies.

    Scott W. Henggeler;Charles M. Borduin;Gary B. Melton;Barton J. Mann

  • Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research.

    Gregory M. Herek;Douglas C. Kimmel;Hortensia Amaro;Gary B. Melton

  • Mandated reporting: a policy without reason.

    Gary B. Melton

  • Children's concepts of their rights 1

    Gary B. Melton

  • Children’s Competence to Consent

    Gary B. Melton

  • Children's competency to testify.

    Gary B. Melton

  • Child Advocacy: Psychological Issues and Interventions

    Gary B. Melton

  • Psychologists' involvement in cases of child maltreatment. Limits of role and expertise.

    Gary B. Melton;Susan Limber

  • Taking Gault Seriously: Toward a New Juvenile Court

    Gary B. Melton

  • What Children’s Rights Mean to Children: Children’s Own Views

    Gary B. Melton;Susan P. Limber

  • Bullying in Schools: Implementation of the Olweus Bullying Prevention programme in the Southeastern United States

    Susan P. Limber;Maury Nation;Allison J. Tracy;Gary B. Melton

  • Protecting children from abuse and neglect : foundations for a new national strategy

    Gary B. Melton;Frank D. Barry

  • Community Mental Health Centers and the Courts: An Evaluation of Community-Based Forensic Services

    Lois A. Weithorn;Gary B. Melton;Christopher Slobogin

  • Strong Communities for Children: results of a multi-year community-based initiative to protect children from harm

    James R. McDonell;Asher Ben-Arieh;Gary B. Melton

  • Community consultation in socially sensitive research. Lessons from clinical trials of treatments for AIDS.

    Gary B. Melton;Robert J. Levine;Gerald P. Koocher;Robert Rosenthal

  • Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect

    Gary B. Melton;Frank D. Barry;Kathleen Kufeldt

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott W. Henggeler
Scott W. Henggeler Medical University of South Carolina
Gail S. Goodman
Gail S. Goodman University of California, Davis
Gerald P. Koocher
Gerald P. Koocher Harvard Medical School
Oscar A. Barbarin
Oscar A. Barbarin University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal University of California, Riverside
Norman G. Poythress
Norman G. Poythress University of South Florida
Karen J. Saywitz
Karen J. Saywitz University of California, Los Angeles
Rodney K. Goodyear
Rodney K. Goodyear University of Redlands
Laurence Steinberg
Laurence Steinberg Temple University
Gregory M. Herek
Gregory M. Herek University of California, Davis

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