This Research in Brief report addresses the problem of dealing effectively with the crime of child sexual abuse. It is noted that child sexual abuse often goes unreported and unprosecuted. Problems faced and posed by child victims on the criminal justice system are reviewed. Legislative revisions, local reforms, and new techniques to alleviate these problems are discussed. The techniques discussed include: (1) enhancing a child's communication skills; (2) modifying the courtroom's physical environment to make it comfortable for the child; (3) preparing child victims to testify; (4) enactment of laws to permit child witnesses to have a supportive person present during court proceedings; (5) enactment of laws directing law enforcement, social service agencies, and prosecutors to conduct joint investigations; and (6) enactment of laws attempting to expedite the adjudication process by giving precedence in trial scheduling to child sexual offense cases. Tables of the 50 states' statutory provisions relevant to child witnesses in sexual abuse cases and statutory citations for selected issues in child witness testimony are included. (ABL)