Physical, emotional and sexual adolescent abuse victimisation in South Africa: Prevalence, incidence, perpetrators and locations

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Physical, emotional and sexual adolescent abuse victimisation in South Africa: Prevalence, incidence, perpetrators and locations

Background: Physical, emotional and sexual abuse of children is a major problem in South Africa, with severe negative outcomes for survivors. To date, no known studies have used data directly obtained from community-based samples of children to investigate prevalence, incidence, locations and perpet...

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Main Authors:	Meinck, F., Cluver, L., Boyes, Mark, Loening-Voysey, H.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	British Medical Journal Group 2016
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/22514

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