Children s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey

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2009

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Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Abstract

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This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children s exposure to violence to date, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Conducted between January and May 2008, it measured the past-year and lifetime exposure to violence for children age 17 and younger across several major categories: conventional crime, child maltreatment, victimization by peers and siblings, sexual victimization, witnessing and indirect victimization (including exposure to community violence and family violence), school violence and threats, and Internet victimization.

Keywords

Child maltreatment, Internet, Research -- statistics, School -- School violence, Violence -- domestic, Violence -- exposure, polyvictimization

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