What to read after Child Abuse and Neglect?

This reference book is designed to assist professionals in various disciplines, primarily in California, in following basic standards for the identification, assessment, and case management of suspected child abuse and neglect; the information provided will be useful for professionals in the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, and law enforcement. The chapters are divided into 18 parts. Part 1 contains a chapter on warning signs for the risk of child abuse and neglect in caretaker and family history as well as caretaker and child behavior. Part 2 consists of a chapter on child abuse detection and screening, followed by a chapter in Part 3 on interviewing children. Part 4, which contains 15 chapters, focuses on the evaluation of medical signs and symptoms of abuse and neglect. The chapters address the various physical injuries that may suggest that physical abuse/neglect of a child patient has occurred. Conditions in a child that may "mimic" a child abuse injury are also discussed. Part 5 is composed of four chapters on special issues related to child maltreatment, namely, children under 12 years old who sexually molest other children, adolescents as perpetrators of child abuse and neglect, child pornography, and prostituted children. The nine chapters