I. Theory, Law, and Standards -- 1. The Current Status of Etiological Theories in Intrafamilial Child Maltreatment -- 2. Balancing Rights and Responsibilities: Legal Perspectives on Child Maltreatment -- 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 -- II. Assessment and Research -- 4. Assessment Issues in Child Abuse Evaluations -- 5. Methodological Issues in Child Maltreatment Research -- 6. Implementing and Evaluating an Individualized Behavioral Intervention Program for Maltreating Families: Clinical and Research Issues -- 7. Integration of Research and Treatment -- 8. Parent Training with Low-Income Families: Promoting Parental Engagement through a Collaborative Approach -- III. Treatment -- 9. Community-Based Partnership-Directed Research: Actualizing Community Strengths to Treat Child Victims of Physical Abuse and Neglect -- 10. An Ecobehavioral Model for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect: History and Applications -- 11. Dealing with Child Abuse and Neglect within a Comprehensive Family-Support Program -- 12. Holistic Injury Prevention -- 13. Breaking the Cycle: A Culturally Sensitive Violence Prevention Program for African-American Children and Adolescents -- 14. Prevention during Adolescence: The Youth Relationships Project -- 15. Parenting Issues and Interventions with Adolescent Mothers -- 16. Contributions of Parent Training to Child Welfare: Early History and Current Thoughts -- 17. Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Implications and Interventions -- 18. The Importance of Matching Educational Interventions to Parent Needs in Child Maltreatment: Issues, Methods, and Recommendations -- 19. Enhancing Treatment Adherence, Social Validity, and Generalization of Parent-Training Interventions with Physically Abusive and Neglectful Families -- IV. Sex Abuse -- 20. Sexual Abuse of Children: Assessment, Research, and Treatment -- 21. School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs: Questions, Answers, and More Questions -- V. Early Intervention and Ethics -- 22. Implications for Child Abuse and Neglect Interventions from Early Educational Interventions -- 23. Addressing Current and Planning for Future Ethical Issues in Child Maltreatment Research: Professional and Policy Ethical Decision Making -- 24. Child Abuse and Neglect: Weaving Theory, Research, and Treatment in the Twenty-First Century -- Author Index.