Polyvictimization: Children's Exposure to Multiple Types of Violence, Crime, and Abuse

• NCJ Number: 235504
• Date Published: October 2011
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Series: OJJDP National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence Series
• Agencies: OJJDP

Annotation

This bulletin from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention presents findings from the 2008 National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence regarding children’s exposure to multiple types of violence, crime, and abuse.

Abstract

This bulletin focuses on polyvictimization, which is defined as having experienced multiple victimization of different kinds, such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, bullying, and exposure to family violence.