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The tragedy of child abuse and neglect is in the forefront of public attention. Yet, without a conceptual framework, research in this area has been highly fragmented. Understanding the broad dimensions of this crisis has suffered as a result.

This new volume provides a comprehensive, integrated, child-oriented research agenda for the nation. The committee presents an overview of three major areas:

Definitions and scope --exploring standardized classifications, analysis of incidence and prevalence trends, and more. Etiology, consequences, treatment, and prevention --analyzing relationships between cause and effect, reviewing prevention research with a unique systems approach, looking at short- and long-term consequences of abuse, and evaluating interventions. Infrastructure and ethics --including a review of current research efforts, ways to strengthen human resources and research tools, and guidance on sensitive ethical and legal issues.

This volume will be useful to organizations involved in research, social service agencies, child advocacy groups, and researchers.

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This meticulous investigation of child abuse research is organized in a child-oriented framework with an ecological developmental perspective. It examines factors in child, family, or society that influence the occurrence or consequences of child maltreatment, rather than assessing research around categories of maltreatment. Scattered research is gathered and presented under areas of identification, scope, etiology, prevention, consequences, and interventions, a major contribution. The panel's exhaustive investigations should assure this readable, well-organized report a place in every academic library if only for its extensive bibliographies. Each chapter includes recommendations for future research, and concluding chapters discuss infrastructure support necessary to pursue such research. Essential reading for those in the field of child abuse, the report is accessible to undergraduates in many fields as a basic resource. Highly recommended. M. E. Elwell; Salisbury State University