A special report from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics finds
that during 2010 roughly 2.8 million “children age 17 or younger… lived in a
household in which at least one member age 12 or older experienced one or more
nonfatal violent victimizations during the year.” The data does not specify whether the child was present
during the abuse or whether he was the victim of the attack, but it does
provide insight into how diminished, yet still widespread, the issue violent
crime against children is. In 2010,
3.9% of children fell into the category of having lived in a household where
violent child abuse took place, but this percentage has fallen over 68% since
1993, when approximately 8.7 million children, or 12.6%, lived in a household
that experienced violent victimization.
Violent crimes occurred in low-income households (less than $15,000 a
year) and in urban areas.
Additionally, households headed by one parent or a nonmarried adult were
more prone to experiencing violent child victimization.
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