Table of Contents

Introduction, Irving E. Sigel Child Maltreatment Research and Social Policy: The Neglected Nexus, Dante Cicchetti and Sheree L. Toth Defining Child Maltreatment: The Interface Between Policy and Research, Douglas Barnett, Jody Todd Manly, and Dante Cicchetti Developmental Research and Legal Policy: Toward a Two-Way Street, Ross A. Thompson The Suggestibility of Children's Recollections, Stephen J, Ceci, Michelle DeSimone Leichtman, Mary Elizabeth Putnick, and Narina Nunez Nightingale Optimizing Children's Testimony: Research and Social Policy Issues Concerning Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse, Gail S. Goodman, Jennifer M. Batterman-Faunce, and Robert Kenney Children in Dangerous Environments: Child Maltreatment in the Context of Community Violence, James Garbarino, Kathleen Kostelny, and Jane Grady Child Maltreatment: Implications for Policy from Cross-Cultural Research, Kathleen J. Sternberg Child Maltreatment in the African-American Community, Melvin N. Wilson and Elizabeth W. Saft A Family-Relational Perspective on Maltreating Families: Parallel Processes Across Systems and Social Policy Implications, Paul W. Howes and Dante Cicchetti Child Maltreatment and School Adaptation: Problems and Promises, Dante Cicchetti, Sheree L. Toth, and Kevin Hennessy Child Maltreatment Research: Implications for Program Design, Deborah Daro Child Abuse Intervention Research: Implications for Policy, David A. Wolfe Child Maltreatment: Where Do We Go from Here in Our Treatment of Victims?, Sheree L. Toth and Dante Cicchetti Author Index Subject Index