| Ch. 1 | Current Status of Etiological Theories in Intrafamilial Child Maltreatment / Sandra T. Azar, Tania Y. Povilaitis, Allison F. Lauretti | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Balancing Rights and Responsibilities: Legal Perspectives on Child Maltreatment / Sharon G. Portwood, N. Dickon Reppucci, Margaret S. Mitchell | 31 |
| Ch. 3 | How Good Does a Parent Have to Be? Issues and Examples Associated with Empirical Assessments of Parenting Adequacy in Cases of Child Abuse and Neglect / Brandon F. Greene, Stella Kilili | 53 |
| Ch. 4 | Assessment Issues in Child Abuse Evaluations / Joel S. Milner, William D. Murphy, Linda A. Valle | 75 |
| Ch. 5 | Methodological Issues in Child Maltreatment Research / Robert T. Ammerman | 117 |
| Ch. 6 | Implementing and Evaluating an Individualized Behavioral Intervention Program for Maltreatment Families: Clinical and Research Issues / David J. Hansen, Jody E. Warner-Rogers, Debra B. Hecht | 133 |
| Ch. 7 | Integration of Research and Treatment / David Kolko | 159 |
| Ch. 8 | Parent Training with Low-Income Families: Promoting Parental Engagement through a Collaborative Approach / Carolyn Webster-Stratton | 183 |
| Ch. 9 | Community-Based Partnership-Directed Research: Actualizing Community Strengths to Treat Child Victims of Physical Abuse and Neglect / John Fantuzzo, Andrea DelGaudio Weiss, Kathleen Coyle Coolahan | 213 |
| Ch. 10 | Ecobehavioral Model for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect: History and Applications / John R. Lutzker, Kathryn M. Bigelow, Ronald M. Doctor | 239 |
| Ch. 11 | Dealing with Child Abuse and Neglect within a Comprehensive Family-Support Program / Sebastian Striefel, Michaelle Ann Robinson, Pat Truhn | 267 |
| Ch. 12 | Holistic Injury Prevention / Lizette Peterson, Sara Gable | 291 |
| Ch. 13 | Breaking the Cycle: A Culturally Sensitive Violence Prevention Program for African-American Children and Adolescents / Betty R. Yung, W. Rodney Hammond | 319 |
| Ch. 14 | Prevention during Adolescence: The Youth Relationships Project / Anna-Lee Pittman, David A. Wolfe, Christine Wekerle | 341 |
| Ch. 15 | Parenting Issues and Interventions with Adolescent Mothers / Karen S. Budd, Kristin D. Stockman, Elizabeth N. Miller | 357 |
| Ch. 16 | Contributions of Parent Training to Child Welfare: Early History and Current Thoughts / Elsie M. Pinkston, Malcolm D. Smith | 377 |
| Ch. 17 | Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Implications and Interventions / Maurice A. Feldman | 401 |
| Ch. 18 | Importance of Matching Educational Interventions to Parent Needs in Child Maltreatment: Issues, Methods, and Recommendations / Alexander J. Tymchuk | 421 |
| Ch. 19 | Enhancing Treatment Adherence, Social Validity, and Generalization of Parent-Training Interventions with Physically Abusive and Neglectful Families / Lori M. Lundquist, David J. Hansen | 449 |
| Ch. 20 | Sexual Abuse of Children: Assessment, Research, and Treatment / Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Rochelle F. Hanson | 475 |
| Ch. 21 | School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs: Questions, Answers, and More Questions / Sandy K. Wurtele | 501 |
| Ch. 22 | Implications for Child Abuse and Neglect Interventions from Early Educational Interventions / Barbara Hanna Wasik | 519 |
| Ch. 23 | Addressing Current and Planning for Future Ethical Issues in Child Maltreatment Research: Professional and Policy Ethical Decision Making / Alexander J. Tymchuk | 543 |
| Ch. 24 | Child Abuse and Neglect: Weaving Theory, Research, and Treatment in the Twenty-First Century / John R. Lutzker | 561 |
| | Author Index | 571 |
| | Subject Index | 591 |