Book reviewed in this article:Understanding Child AbuseDavid N. Jones (Ed.).Crime and Police EffectivenessR. Clarke and M. Hough.Murder into ManslaughterS. Dell.The Prevention of Crime among Young PeopleParliamentary All‐Party Penal Affairs Group.Probation Practice: Client Support under Social ControlN. Fielding.Social Work with Adult OffendersJ. Lishman (Ed.).Juvenile Delinquency: Trends and PerspectivesM. Rutter and H. Giller.Juvenile Justice in the United KingdomS. McCabe and P. Treitel.The Delinquent: Directions for Social ControlM. Hoghughi.Community Service — A Guide for Sentencers: The Experience to DateStephen Shaw.Just and Painful: A Case for the Corporal Punishment of CriminalsG. Newman.The Training of Prison GovernorsP.A.J. Waddington.Community Treatment of Juvenile Offenders: The DSO ExperimentsS. Kobrin and M.W. Klein.Consumerist CriminologyL.T. Wilk