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Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
This bulletin discusses the second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV II), which was conducted in 2011 as a followup to the original NatSCEV I survey. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored both surveys. The Crimes against Children Research Center of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, Crime, Child Abuse
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Turner, Heather A.; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Finkelhor, David – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2013
This study considers whether elevated distress among youth living in more disordered neighborhoods can be explained by personal exposure to violence and victimization, level of non-victimization adversity, and family support. Analyses were based on a sample of 2,039 youth ages 10 to 17 who participated in the National Survey of Children's Exposure…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Violence, Victims of Crime, Neighborhoods
Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard; Turner, Heather; Hamby, Sherry – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2012
Considerable efforts have been made during the last generation to encourage children and their families to report victimization to authorities. Nonetheless, concern persists that most childhood victimization remains hidden. The 2008 inventory of childhood victimization--the National Study of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV)--allowed an…
Descriptors: Children, Victims of Crime, Violence, National Surveys
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Hamby, Sherry; Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Ormrod, Richard – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To examine the co-occurrence of witnessing partner violence with child maltreatment and other forms of victimization. Method: Data are from the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), a nationally representative telephone survey of the victimization experiences of 4,549 youth aged 0-17. Results: Witnessing partner…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Legislators, Telephone Surveys
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Cuevas, Carlos A.; Finkelhor, David; Clifford, Cynthia; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: The goal of this study is to examine the role of psychological distress in predicting child re-victimization across various forms including conventional crime, peer/sibling violence, maltreatment, sexual violence, and witnessed violence. Methods: Longitudinal data from the Developmental Victimization Survey, which surveyed children…
Descriptors: Siblings, Violence, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse
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Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2009
Objective: To use a lifetime assessment of victimization experiences to identify children and youth with high cumulative levels of victimization (poly-victims). Also to compare such children to other victims and non-victims, and assess the contribution of cumulative victimization to levels of psychological distress. Design: A national sample of…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Children
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Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard K.; Turner, Heather A. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: To assess the role of multiple victimization, or what is termed in this article "poly-victimization," in explaining trauma symptomatology. Method: In a nationally representative sample of 2,030 children ages 2-17, assessment was made of the past year's victimization experiences and recent trauma symptoms. Results: Children experiencing…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Child Abuse, Children, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Cuevas, Carlos A.; Finkelhor, David; Ormrod, Richard; Turner, Heather – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Research examining childhood abuse has shown an association between victimization and psychiatric diagnoses (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder, depression). Historically, psychiatric diagnoses have been emphasized as a consequence of victimization, with less research examining if it also functions as a risk factor for further victimization,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Identification
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Holt, Melissa K.; Kaufman Kantor, Glenda; Finkelhor, David – Journal of School Violence, 2009
This study examined parent perspectives on bullying, parent/child concordance about bullying involvement, and family characteristics associated with bullying perpetration and peer victimization. Participants were 205 fifth-grade students and their parents. Students attended an urban, ethnically diverse school district in the Northeast. Youth…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Bullying, Prevention
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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
Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Ormrod, Richard; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2009
This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence to date, sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Family Violence, Incidence, Prevention
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Finkelhor, David – Future of Children, 2009
David Finkelhor examines initiatives to prevent child sexual abuse, which have focused on two primary strategies--offender management and school-based educational programs. Recent major offender management initiatives have included registering sex offenders, notifying communities about their presence, conducting background employment checks,…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Prevention
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Holt, Melissa K.; Finkelhor, David; Kantor, Glenda Kaufman – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2007
Objective: This study explored the victimization experiences of urban elementary school students to determine whether subsets of youth emerged with similar victimization profiles (e.g., no victimization, multiple types of victimization). It also evaluated whether multiple victimization was associated with greater psychological distress and lower…
Descriptors: Victims of Crime, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Urban Youth
Hotaling, Gerald T.; Finkelhor, David – 1988
This paper evaluates current knowledge about the prevalence, dynamics, and short- and long-term effects of sexual exploitation among missing children. It is based upon empirical research findings from books, papers presented at professional meetings, doctoral dissertations, works in progress, and more than 75 articles in professional journals.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Missing Children, Pornography, Runaways
Finkelhor, David; And Others – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1990
The national survey of over 2500 adult men and women found a reported history of childhood sexual abuse of 27 percent in women and 16 percent in men. Correlates of higher rates of abuse (e.g., growing up in unhappy families) are reported for both men and women. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Abuse, Incidence, National Surveys
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