Prevalence of childhood exposure to violence, crime, and abuse: Results from the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 169, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 746-754

  Finkelhor, David ^a   Turner, Heather A ^a   Shattuck, Anne ^a   Hamby, Sherry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILDHOOD; CRIME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; JUVENILE VICTIMIZATION QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHYSICAL ABUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; VIOLENCE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEW; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIME; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEX OFFENSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84939788994     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: 21686211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.0676     Document Type: Article

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