TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Children as victims of violence: a national survey
JO  - Pediatrics
A1  - Finkelhor, Simon David
A1  - Dziuba-Leatherman, J.
SP  - 413
EP  - 420
VL  - 94
IS  - 4 Pt 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0031-4005
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -