Professional Journals on Child Maltreatment

Child maltreatment is generally defined to include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse and neglect of children. The professional journals focusing primarily on child maltreatment are Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, Child Maltreatment, Child Abuse Review, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, and Protecting Children. There are also several more broadly focused violence and trauma journals that include many articles on child maltreatment; in addition, a number of professional journals in psychology, psychiatry, criminal justice, and medicine carry some articles on child maltreatment.

Child Abuse & Neglect, the official publication of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, is the oldest and most widely cited of the journals focused on child maltreatment. Published monthly by Pergamon/Elsevier, it provides an international mul-tidisciplinary forum on the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect, including sexual abuse. The scope extends to include all aspects of life that either favor or hinder optimal family bonding. Child Maltreatment is sponsored by the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and is published monthly by Sage Publications. Its object is to foster professional excellence in the field of the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect by reporting current and at-issue scientific information and technical innovations in a form immediately useful to practitioners, policymakers, and researchers. As an interdisciplinary journal, Child Maltreatment serves as a common ground for practitioners and researchers from mental health, child protection, law, law enforcement, education, medicine, nursing, and allied disciplines.

lohn Wiley & Sons Ltd. publishes Child Abuse Review, the official journal of the British Association for the Study and Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. The bimonthly journal provides a forum for all professionals working in child protection, giving them access to the latest research findings, practice developments, training initiatives, and policy issues. The Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, published quarterly by Haworth Press, promotes greater understanding and effectiveness in treating, studying, and preventing child sexual abuse. The journal covers research issues, clinical issues, legal issues, prevention [Page 555]programs, and case studies focusing on child and adolescent victims, adult survivors, and sexual abuse offenders. American Humane publishes Protecting Children, a quarterly journal focused on a wide variety of issues in child welfare policy and practice. It covers such diverse topics as substance abuse and child maltreatment, culture and cultural competence in child welfare, child welfare training, the link between violence to animals and violence to children, and the rights of children.

The more broadly focused violence and trauma journals that include many articles on child maltreatment are Journal of Interpersonal Violence (published monthly by Sage); Violence and Victims (published bimonthly by Springer); Aggression and Violent Behavior: A Review Journal (published bimonthly by Elsevier); Journal of Family Violence (published quarterly by Springer US); Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: A Review Journal (published quarterly by Sage); Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma (published eight times a year by Haworth Press); and Journal of Traumatic Stress (published bimonthly by John Wiley & Sons).

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment (published quarterly by Springer US) is the official journal of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and focuses exclusively on the causes, consequences, and treatment strategies for sexual abusers.

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