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OJJDP Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse Series

To obtain copies of these Portable Guides, please visit the National Criminal Justice Reference Service's web page at www.ncjrs.org or call the OJJDP clearinghouse at (800) 638-8736.

• Battered Child Syndrome: Investigating Physical Abuse and Homicide;
• Child Neglect and Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy;
• Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse;
• Interviewing Child Witnesses and Victims of Sexual Abuse;
• Photodocumentation in the Investigation of Child Abuse;
• Recognizing when a Child's Injury or Illness Is Caused By Abuse;
• Burn Injuries in Child Abuse;
• Criminal Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse;
• Understanding and Investigating Child Sexual Exploitation;
• Portable Guides to Investigation Child Abuse: An Overview; and
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Child Sexual Abuse.