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Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
This article examines developmental trends in the rates of different kinds of victimization across the span of childhood. The Developmental Victimization Survey was a national telephone survey of the victimization experiences of 2,030 children from ages 2 to 17. The overall mean number of victimizations during a single year increased with age, as…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Females, Telephone Surveys, Epidemiology
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Jones, Lisa M.; Finkelhor, David – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2003
This commentary discusses the decline in sexual abuse, citing research that indicates differences in self-reported sexual abuse across age-cohorts in a population-based sample of Australian adults. Similar declines in Ireland and the United States are also noted. The usefulness of self-report surveys for examining trends in child victimization is…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education