TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - The victimization of children and youth: a comprehensive, national survey
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Finkelhor, Simon David
A1  - Ormrod, Richard
A1  - Turner, Helen
A1  - Hamby, Sherry L.
SP  - 5
EP  - 25
VL  - 10
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.
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SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077559504271287
ID  - ref1
ER  -