a Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention , Cape Town , South Africa.
b Department of Psychology , Stellenbosch University , Cape Town , South Africa.
Psychol Health Med. 2017 Mar;22(sup1):81-93. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2016.1273533. Epub 2017 Jan 10.
Violence has become a characteristic feature of South African society, with women and children often bearing the brunt of this. Contemporary research suggests that the key to stemming the tide of child victimisation is understanding the complete inventory of victimisations that may co-occur during childhood. There is growing recognition that children in South Africa typically experience abuse in the context of other forms of maltreatment and victimisation. This article draws on the empirical data collected for a national prevalence and incidence study on child sexual abuse and maltreatment in South Africa and draws attention to the frequency of poly-victimisation amongst South African children and highlights why some children experience multiple co-occurring forms of victimisations while others do not. Understanding the complete victim profile of young children, and how the different forms of victimisation they experience intersect, is critical to ensuring that the most vulnerable South Africans are provided with the extensive and targeted interventions required to break free from their heightened vulnerability to victimisation.
暴力已成为南非社会的一个特征，妇女和儿童往往首当其冲。当代研究表明，遏制儿童受害浪潮的关键是了解儿童时期可能同时发生的所有受害情况。人们越来越认识到，南非儿童通常在遭受其他形式的虐待和受害的情况下受到虐待。本文借鉴了在南非全国范围内开展的关于儿童性虐待和虐待问题的流行率和发生率研究中收集的实证数据，提请注意南非儿童中多受害者现象的频率，并强调为什么有些儿童会经历多种同时发生的受害形式，而有些儿童则不会。了解幼儿的完整受害情况，以及他们所经历的不同形式的受害如何相互交叉，对于确保向最脆弱的南非人提供广泛和有针对性的干预措施以摆脱其易受害的处境至关重要。
