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Citation |
Finkelhor SD, Ormrod R, Turner H, Hamby SL. Child Maltreat. 2005; 10(1): 5-25. |
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Affiliation |
University of New Hampshire, USA. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Publisher SAGE Publishing) |
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DOI |
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PMID |
15611323 |
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Abstract |
This study examined a large spectrum of violence, crime, and victimization experiences in a nationally representative sample of children and youth ages 2 to 17 years. More than one half (530 per 1,000) of the children and youth had experienced a physical assault in the study year, more than 1 in 4 (273 per 1,000) a property offense, more than 1 in 8 (136 per 1,000) a form of child maltreatment, 1 in 12 (82 per 1,000) a sexual victimization, and more than 1 in 3 (357 per 1,000) had been a witness to violence or experienced another form of indirect victimization. Only a minority (29%) had no direct or indirect victimization. The mean number of victimizations for a child or youth with any victimization was 3.0, and a child or youth with one victimization had a 69% chance of experiencing another during a single year. |