Among the publications currently in the production pipeline at OJJDP are updates and new titles for the Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse series, highlighted below. For the latest information on recent publications, be sure to check the OJJDP Web site (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ojjdp, click on “Publications,” and go to “New Releases”).

OJJDP developed the Portable Guides to Investigating Child Abuse series in response to requests from police officers and detectives for clear, accessible information about how to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect and related child fatalities. The first guides in the series were published in 1996. Since then, demand for the series has not wavered—all 13 of the guides have been reprinted, some as many as three times.

OJJDP is now reviewing the series to determine which guides need to be updated, and work on second editions of two of the guides—Use of Computers in the Sexual Exploitation of Children and Understanding and Investigating Child Sexual Exploitation—is already underway. OJJDP is also expanding the series. New guides addressing law enforcement’s response to child abduction, child prostitution, and child fatality are in the early draft stages. A guide on what investigators should know about child development is also planned.

OJJDP News @ a Glance	March/April 2003 Volume II Number 2