The second edition of this popular book offers expanded guidelines and recommendations. Data on the implications of reporting or not reporti ng are given life in an expanded "case book within a book" that summar izes lessons learned and shows how problems posed by the law can be av oided. New sections also review issues in the mandatory reporting of a buse on other vulnerable populations, such as individuals who are elde rly and developmentally disabled. In addition, a new chapter on therap eutic jurisprudence explores the therapeutic potential of mandatory re porting laws.