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Child Maltreatment, Vol. 10, No. 1,
5-25 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504271287
© 2005 SAGE Publications
The Victimization of Children and Youth: A Comprehensive, National Survey
David Finkelhor, Ph.D.
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

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