Abstract
Abstract Research on child maltreatment highlights three basic theoretical models to account for the etiology of child abuse and neglect: (1) the psychiatric model emphasizes the role of the individual abuser; (2) the sociological model highlights the role of social forces in abuse; and (3) the effect of child on caregiver model points toward the role the child plays in stimulating his own maltreatment. As a result of these differing perspectives, each model suggests distinctly different strategies for the prevention and treatment of child abuse. Approaches to remediating this disturbing social problem, founded on these three models, are systematically reviewed and critically examined in this paper. The conclusion is reached that only strategies based upon a serious consideration of all three models, and thus addressing problems of the abuser, the victim, and the society, can hope to be successful in significantly reducing the incidence of child maltreatment.
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