@article{ref1,
title="Children as victims of violence: a national survey",
journal="Pediatrics",
year="1994",
author="Finkelhor, Simon David and Dziuba-Leatherman, J.",
volume="94",
number="4 Pt 1",
pages="413-420",
abstract="OBJECTIVE. The goal of this study was to gain a more comprehensive perspective on the scope, variety, and consequences of child victimization, which has been obscured by a fragmentation into specific problems like sexual abuse or kidnapping. METHODS. Two thousand children aged 10 to 16 years were interviewed in a national telephone survey of children. RESULTS. In the previous year, a quarter of the children had experienced a completed victimization, one in eight had experienced an injury, and one in a hundred required medical attention as a result. Nonfamily physical assaults were the most numerous. Contact sexual abuse occurred to 3.2% of girls and 0.6% of boys. There were also substantial numbers of incidents of attempted kidnappings and violence directed to children's genitals. CONCLUSION. The victimization of children occurs to a greater extent than has been previously reported and is poorly represented in official statistics. IMPLICATION. The authors argue for a more comprehensive interest in children's victimization including better national statistics about the problem.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0031-4005",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}