@article{ref1,
title="The victimization of children and youth: a comprehensive, national survey",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2005",
author="Finkelhor, Simon David and Ormrod, Richard and Turner, Helen and Hamby, Sherry L.",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="5-25",
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.",
language="",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/1077559504271287",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559504271287"
}