Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey.

Authors

David Finkelhor, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Heather Turner, University of New Hampshire - Main CampusFollow
Richard Ormrod, University of Northern ColoradoFollow
Sherry L. Hamby, The University of the South - SewaneeFollow
Kristen Kracke, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Abstract

Presents findings from the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence, the most comprehensive survey to date of children’s exposure to violence in the United States. The survey was conducted between January and May 2008, and surveyed more than 4,500 children or their parents or adult caregivers regarding their past-year and lifetime exposure to violence. This Bulletin discusses the survey’s findings regard children’s direct and indirect exposure to specific categories of violence, how exposure to violence changes as children grow up, and the prevalence and incidence of multiple and cumulative exposures to violence. It also discusses the implications of the survey findings for policymakers, researchers, and practitioners who work with juvenile victims of violence.

Department

Crimes Against Children Research Center, Sociology

Publication Date

10-2009

Journal Title

National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence

Publisher

United States Department of Justice

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Ormrod, Richard; Hamby, Sherry L.; and Kracke, Kristen, "Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey." (2009). National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence. 24.
https://scholars.unh.edu/ccrc/24