Maltreatment: study from the perspective of the police department for the protection
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2009
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Cien Saude Colet.
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This cross-sectional study describes the occurrences of maltreatment recorded over three years (1997-1999) in a Brazilian Police Department for the Protection of the Child and the Adolescent. Socio-demographic and physical data of victims, aggressors and denouncers were investigated in a sample consisting of 2073 cases. The victims were aged between 0-18 years, of which 56.1% were girls. Data were entered into EPI INFO 2000 software and analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test to determine significant differences (p
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Brazil, Child maltreatment, International Resources, Law enforcement, Portuguese language, Research -- statistics