U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention2014-07-282014-07-282014U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2014). Recognizing When a Child's Injury or Illness is Caused by Abuse: Portable Guide to Investigating Child Abuse. Washington, DC: Author.http://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/243908.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/1600The guide provides information to help law enforcement differentiate between physical abuse and accidental injury during a child abuse investigation. The guide also identifies questions that law enforcement should address during an investigation, describes how to conduct a caretaker assessment when a child is injured, and highlights ways to work with the medical community to distinguish types of injuries and bruises.en-USinjury assessmentphysical abusemedical evaluationmedical examinationinvestigationmedical evidenceArticle