Finkelhor David, Turner Heather, Ormrod Richard, Hamby Sherry L
Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, 126 Horton Social Science Center, 20 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2010 Mar;164(3):238-42. doi: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.283.
To assess trends in children's exposure to abuse, violence, and crime victimizations.
An analysis based on a comparison of 2 cross-sectional national telephone surveys using identical questions conducted in 2003 and 2008.
Telephone interview.
Experiences of children aged 2 to 17 years (2030 children in 2003 and 4046 children in 2008) were assessed through interviews with their caretakers and the children themselves. Outcome Measure Responses to the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire.
Several types of child victimization were reported significantly less often in 2008 than in 2003: physical assaults, sexual assaults, and peer and sibling victimizations, including physical bullying. There were also significant declines in psychological and emotional abuse by caregivers, exposure to community violence, and the crime of theft. Physical abuse and neglect by caregivers did not decline, and witnessing the abuse of a sibling increased.
The declines apparent in this analysis parallel evidence from other sources, including police data, child welfare data, and the National Crime Victimization Survey, suggesting reductions in various types of childhood victimization in recent years.
评估儿童遭受虐待、暴力和犯罪侵害情况的趋势。
基于对2003年和2008年进行的两项使用相同问题的全国性横断面电话调查的比较分析。
电话访谈。
通过对2至17岁儿童（2003年为2030名儿童，2008年为4046名儿童）的照料者和儿童本人进行访谈，评估他们的经历。结果测量对青少年受害情况问卷的回答。
2008年报告的几种儿童受害类型比2003年明显减少：身体攻击、性攻击以及同伴和兄弟姐妹的侵害，包括身体欺凌。照料者的心理和情感虐待、社区暴力暴露以及盗窃犯罪也有显著下降。照料者的身体虐待和忽视没有下降，目睹兄弟姐妹受虐的情况有所增加。
本分析中明显的下降与其他来源的证据一致，包括警方数据、儿童福利数据和全国犯罪受害情况调查，表明近年来各类儿童受害情况有所减少。
