THIS VOLUME CONTAINS INFORMATIVE ABSTRACTS OF OVER 700 PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND UP-TO-DATE DESCRIPTIONS OF ABOUT 160 PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS. THE PUBLICATIONS ARE DATED 1965-1977 AND REPRESENT MEDICAL, LEGAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL, AND OTHER VIEWPOINTS OF THE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PROBLEM. ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROJECTS WERE ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED IN EARLIER EDITIONS OF THE PUBLICATION AND WERE UPDATED IN THE FALL OF 1977. ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF THE PROJECTS, WHICH WERE IDENTIFIED IN 1977, ARE DESCRIBED FOR THE FIRST TIME. PROJECTS AND PUBLICATIONS ARE PRESENTED IN SEPARATE SECTIONS, AND EACH SECTION HAS ITS OWN INDEXES. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ARE ALPHABETIZED BY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR'S NAME; INDEXES OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS, ORGANIZATIONS PERFORMING THE RESEARCH, ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND SUBJECT DESCRIPTORS ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECTS ARE PROVIDED. THE SECOND SECTION IS DEVOTED TO ABSTRACTS OF PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS; THEY ARE ARRANGED ALPHABETICAL ORDER BY PRIMARY AUTHOR'S NAME. AUTHOR AND SUBJECT INDEXES ARE PROVIDED FOR THIS SECTION. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--VDA)