Child Abuse, Child Development, Social Policy: Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology

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