Child Maltreatment (CM) is the official journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and primarily publishes work on samples from North America. CM welcomes manuscripts addressing timely and important topics in practice, policy, and theory, including empirical research articles, systematic review articles, and program evaluations that illustrate theoretical issues or new phenomena.

Submissions should be prepared according to the guidelines in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition).

Regular articles should be no more than 30 double-spaced pages, inclusive of tables, figures, and references. Brief reports will also be accepted, limited to no more than 12 double-spaced pages including tables, figures, and references. Reviews of the literature should be no more than 50 double-spaced pages. Include an abstract of approximately 150 words. The authors’ name and affiliation must be listed on a separate Title Page for anonymous review. Submission to Child Maltreatment implies that the manuscript has not been published elsewhere, and is not under consideration by any other journal; a statement to this effect should be included with the all submissions.

Submissions in Microsoft Word format may be uploaded to ScholarOne Manuscripts at
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/childmaltreatment.