This is is a comprehensive book, providing an introduction to current knowledge about various types of violence against children. The author deals with sexual, physical and emotional child abuse, neglect and the effects of witnessing abuse. The focus is on abuse perpetrated by family members and non-family intimates (the most frequent perpetrators), but abuse by strangers is also considered. An Instructor′s Manual is available to adopters, who request the manual on their departments′ or organizations′ letterhead.