num_pages: 509
description: Children in America experience violence in many forms. They are the victims of physical and sexual abuse within their families, they witness battering of and by their parents, and they experience or witness violence in schools and communities. Poor children are especially at risk. Recently, considerable research has accumulated documenting the psychological impact of these different forms of violence on children's development.
language: English
title: Violence Against Children in the Family and the Community
titlecomplete: Violence Against Children in the Family and the Community
publisher: Amer Psychological Assn