Title: Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey

Publication Date: October 2009

What does it say?

This report summarizes results from a national government survey of more than 4,500 children or their parents or adult caregivers regarding their past-year and lifetime exposure to violence.  The survey was conducted between January and May 2008. 

Twenty-two percent of 14- to 17-year -old participants reported having ever witnessed a shooting (p. 6).

How can I use it?

Use the findings of this study to document that 22 percent of teenagers in the U.S. have witnessed a shooting.

Citation

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey, October 2009

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