Child Maltreatment: A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse illustrates in clear detail normal and abusive findings associated with both common and unusual forms of child maltreatment. It provides vivid, full-color photographs and case studies of child abuse, neglect, investigative practices, and child maltreatment prevention.

577 pages, 1613 images, 22 contributors
Child Maltreatment: A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse include forensic photodocumentation from physical examinations of abused children, crime scene documentation and recreations taken by law enforcement officials, and autopsy photos demonstrating fatal physical trauma. This diverse collection of investigative photodocumentation is an essential visual reference for professionals who work with abused children and children presenting with injuries suggestive of abuse or neglect.
The authors of this comprehensive photographic atlas include comprise a team of medical doctors and nurses, forensic pathologists, law enforcement personnel, therapists, and victim counselors. With their combined resources and expertise, they designed Child Maltreatment: A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse to support their colleagues in field investigations, care for, and the prevention of child maltreatment. This exhaustive photographic reference is an invaluable tool for professionals responding to child maltreatment and for the children, families, and communities they serve.

1. Bruises and Other Skin Injuries
2. Burns, Part 1
Burns, Part 2
3. Head Injuries
4. Thoracoabdominal Trauma
5. Oral Injuries
6. Ophthalmology
7. Radiology
8. Sexual Abuse
9. Neglect
10. The Medical Examiner
11. Police Investigations
12. Drawing
13. Photodocumentation
14. Physical Abuse Documentation
15. Equipment for the Documentation of Sexual Abuse
16. Documentation of Neglect
17. Demonstrations
18. Prevention
19. Resources and Settings in the Field of Child Maltreatment