This book is devoted to the problems of family violence, child abuse, and child maltreatment, including the legal, social, psychological, and community issues. Articles contained in this volume are as follows: (1) "Child Maltreatment Research and Social Policy: The Neglected Nexus" (D. Cicchetti and S. Toth); (2) "Defining Child Maltreatment: The Interface between Policy and Research" (D. Barnett and others); (3) "Developmental Research and Legal Policy: Toward a Two-Way Street" (R. Thompson); (4) "The Suggestibility of Children's Recollections" (S. Ceci and others); (5) "Optimizing Children's Testimony: Research and Social Policy Issues Concerning Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse" (G. Goodman and others); (6) "Children in Dangerous Environments: Child Maltreatment in the Context of Community Violence" (J. Garbarino and others); (7) "Child Maltreatment: Implications for Policy from Cross-Cultural Research" (K. Sternberg); (8) "Child Maltreatment in the African-American Community" (M. Wilson and E. Saft); (9) "A Family/Relational Perspective on Maltreating Families: Parallel Processes across Systems and Social Policy Implications" (P. Howes and D. Cicchetti); (10) "Child Maltreatment and School Adaption: Problems and Promises" (D. Cicchetti and others); (11) "Child Maltreatment Research: Implications for Program Design" (D. Daro); (12) "Child Abuse Intervention Research: Implications for Policy" (D. Wolfe); and (13) "Child Maltreatment: Where Do We Go from Here in Our Treatment of Victims?" (S. Toth and D. Cicchetti). Each article includes references. (AP)