Living in the broadcast area of New York City’s television stations, one is reminded almost daily of the prevalence of child abuse. Here in New Jersey, too, one encounters children and adolescents who are being supervised by the Division of Youth and Family Services because they have been neglected and/or abused. Dr. Reece and his 36 co-authors provide the practicing child psychiatrist an extremely useful reference work that covers the major categories of violence inflicted on children. They also devote a section to Munchausen syndrome by proxy and another to the wider implications of the victimization of children.