The book series, "Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research
and Policy." will consist of a state of the art handbook (to be revised
every five years) and two to three volumes per year. The first volume in
this series is a legacy to C. Henry Kempe. This is a timely publication
because 2012 marks 50 years after the appearance of the foundational
article by C. Henry Kempe and his colleagues, "The Battered-Child
Syndrome." This volume capitalizes on this 50 year anniversary to stand
back and assess the field from the perspective that Dr. Kempe's early
contributions and ideas are still being played out in practice and
policy today. The volume will be released at the next ISPCAN meeting,
also in 2012.