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The Victimization of Children and Youth: A Comprehensive, National Survey

Richard Ormrod, Ph.D.

Heather Turner, Ph.D.

University of New Hampshire

Sherry L. Hamby, Ph.D.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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.

Key Words: violence • victims • crime • assault • sexual • assault • juveniles • incidence

Child Maltreatment, Vol. 10, No. 1, 5-25 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504271287


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