Handbook of Child Maltreatment

Part I Child Maltreatment: What Is It?

Chapter 1: Trends in Child Abuse Reporting
Chapter 2: Recent Research on Child Neglect
Chapter 3: Current Issues in Physical Abuse
Chapter 4: Psychological Maltreatment: A Threat to Children Not to Be Ignored
Chapter 5: Child Sexual Abuse: Progress Report on Current State of the Art and the Challenges for the Future
Chapter 6: Child Trafficking and Exploitation
Chapter 7: Fatal Child Abuse
Chapter 8: Dealing with Child Maltreatment through Child Participation    

Part II Child Maltreatment: What Are the Risks, Causes, and Consequences?

Chapter 9: Neurobiological Consequences of Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 10: The Causes and Consequences of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities
Chapter 11: Poverty and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 12: Substance Use and Child Maltreatment: Providing a Framework for Understanding the Relationship using Current Evidence
Chapter 13: Social Networks and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 14: Rural and Urban Child Maltreatment Considerations in the United States
Chapter 15: Child Maltreatment and Disabilities: Increased Risk?
Chapter 16: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 17: Revisiting a Multidimensional Model of Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 18: Longterm Consequences of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 19: Silenced No More! It's Time We Talk about Abuse and Neglect, It's the Way to EndCAN

Part III Child Maltreatment: What Can and Should We Do About It?

Prevention

Chapter 20: Sustaining Progress in Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Transformative Challenge
Chapter 21: The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Catalyzing Positive Change Based on Brain Story Understanding and Documenting the Difference It Can Make
Chapter 22: Core Components of Public Health Approaches to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 23: Community-Level Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 24: Strong Communities for Children: A Community-Wide Approach to Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Treatment and Intervention

Legal Perspectives

Chapter 32: Using Public Health Law and Legal Epidemiology to Respond to Child Maltreatment
Chapter 33: Judicial Issues in Child Maltreatment
Chapter 34: Law Enforcement's Evolving Mission to Protect Children: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective Years Later
Chapter 35: Beyond CPS: Building a System to Protect the Safety and Basic Development Of Children Experiencing Problematic Parenting

Part IV Child Maltreatment: What Is a Global Perspective?

Chapter 36: Child Maltreatment as a Problem in International Law
Chapter 37: Child Maltreatment and Global Health: Biocultural Perspectives