Citation

Pickett W, Elgar FJ. Lancet Glob. Health 2015; 3(7): e344-5.

Affiliation

Institute for Health and Social Policy, and Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00031-5

PMID

26087975

Abstract

Violence pervades the lives of children around the world. For too long, society has ignored child violence and failed to hold adult guardians to account for their traumatising actions towards children. The right to be protected from violence is guaranteed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 and yet children in many countries are routinely exposed to physical attacks as victims or as bystanders. Moreover, even though children spend more time in school than in any other setting, robust evidence on the prevention of violence in schools outside North America is scarce.

Language: en