Introduction / I.E. Sigel
Child maltreatment research and social policy: the neglected nexus / Cicchetti, Toth
Defing child maltreatment: the interface between policy and research / D. Barnett, J.T. Manly, D. Cicchetti
Developmental research and legal policy: toward a two-way street / R.A. Thompson
The suggestibility of children's recollections / S.J. Ceci, et al.
Optimizing children's testimony: research and social policy issues concerning allegations of child sexual abuse / G.S. Goodman, J.M. Batterman-Faunce, R. Kenney
Children in dangerous environments: child maltreatment in the context of community violence / J. Garbarino, K. Kostelny, J. Grady.
Child maltreatment: implications for policy from cross-cultural research / K.J. Sternberg
Child maltreatment in the African-American community / M.N. Wilson, E.W. Saft
A family/relational perspective on maltreating families: parallel processes across systems and social policy implications / P.W. Howes, D. Cicchetti
Child maltreatment and school adaptation: problems and promises / Cicchetti, Toth, K. Hennessy
Child maltreatment research: implications for program design / D. Daro
Child abuse intervention research: implications for policy / D.A. Wolfe
Child maltreatment: where do we go from here in our treatment of victims? / Toth, Chicchetti.