Exposure to violence across multiple sites among young South African adolescents

Peace and Conflict

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-124

  Kaminer, Debra ^a   du Plessis, Bernice ^a   Hardy, Anneli ^a   Benjamin, Arlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Poly victimization; South Africa; Violence exposure

Indexed keywords

LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; VIOLENCE; YOUNG POPULATION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84881247863     PISSN: 10781919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032487     Document Type: Article

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