This new, ground-breaking handbook presents the most recent approaches to the prediction and prevention of child abuse and neglect, being a thorough update of the successful original volume. The book helps identify which families are most at risk of abusing their children and what immediate action needs to be taken in the best interests of the child. It also considers the types of intervention that are necessary to prevent child abuse and neglect occurring and the advances made in the assessment and treatment of both victims and offenders.

Recognising Changes in Incidence and Prevalence (Susan Creighton); Predicting Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect (Peter Reder & Sylvia Duncan; Predicting Physical Maltreatment (Catherine Hamilton & Kevin Browne); Predicting Emotional Child Abuse and Neglect (Danya Glaser & Vivian Prior); Predicting Sexual Child Abuse and Neglect (Chris Hobbs & Jane Wynne); An Ecological Analysis of the Etiology of Child Maltreatment (Jay Belsky & Peter Stratton); If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Integrity and Fragmentation in the Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect (Patricia Crittenden); Educating and Changing Parents: Strengthening the Primary Safety Net for Children (Deborah Daro); Promoting Positive Parenting as an Abuse Prevention Strategy (Matthew Sanders and Warren Cann); Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect with Prenatal and Infancy Home Visiting by Nurses (David Olds, et al.); To or for whom: a Social Policy Perspective on Child Abuse and Child Protection (David Gough); The Traumatic Impact of Abuse Experiences: Treatment Issues (Lucy Berliner); Continuities and Discontinuities in the Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment: Implications for Breaking the Cycle of Abuse (Byron Egeland, et al.); The Role of Family Therapy following Physical and Sexual Abuse (Helga Hanks & Peter Stratton); Helping Emotionally Abused and Neglected Children and Abusive Carers (Dorota Iwaniec, et al.); The Contribution of Children's Services to the Protection of Children (Roger Bullock & Michael Little); Preventing the Victim to Offender Cycle (Arnon Bentovim); Risk Assessment for Offenders (Caroline Friendship & David Thornton); Treating Domestic Violent Offenders (Kevin Browne et al.); Treating Adult Sexual Offenders (Dawn Fisher & Tony Beech); Conclusion: Future Directions for Child Abuse Prevention (Margaret A Lynch & Kevin Browne)