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Peer reviewedFinkelhor, David; Dziuba-Leatherman, Jennifer – American Psychologist, 1994
Outlines a general theory of childhood victimology, with a typology that characterizes abuse as extraordinary, acute, or pandemic. Efforts to prevent childhood victimization must recognize its differential character and the importance of the child's stage of development in recognizing and dealing with victimization. (SLD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
