This issue recommends an actionable framework to guide and support future child abuse and neglect research. This report calls for a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to child abuse and neglect research that examines factors related to both children and adults across physical, mental, and behavioral health domains--including those in child welfare, economic support, criminal justice, education, and health care systems--and assesses the needs of a variety of subpopulations.

It should also clarify the causal pathways related to child abuse and neglect and, more importantly, assess efforts to interrupt these pathways.
The book identifies four areas to look to in developing a coordinated research enterprise: a national strategic plan, a national surveillance system, a new generation of researchers, and changes in the federal and state programmatic and policy response.

Contents
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Describing the Problem
3 Causality
4 Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
5 The Child Welfare System
6 Interventions and Service Delivery Systems
7 Research Challenges and Infrastructure
8 Child Abuse and Neglect Policy
9 Recommendations
Appendix A: Workshop Open Session Agendas
Appendix B: Committee Biosketches
Appendix C: Research Recommendations and Priorities from the 1993 NRCReport Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect

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