Understanding Child Maltreatment: An Ecological and Developmental Perspective.(Book review)

Understanding Child Maltreatment: An Ecological and Developmental Perspective. Maria Scannapieco and Kelli Connell-Carrick. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005, 312 pages. ISBN: 0-19-515678-1 $39.95 hardback.

This is a carefully structured, well-researched, spare, and largely satisfying analysis of child maltreatment. After providing a normative developmental framework, the volume offers sections about infancy and toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Each section includes chapters about child development and maltreatment, ecological and