The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released two new bulletins from its National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV) series and a fact sheet on the survey.

"Polyvictimization: Children’s Exposure to Multiple Types of Violence, Crime, and Abuse" focuses on polyvictimization, which is defined as having experienced multiple victimization of different kinds, such as sexual abuse, physical abuse, bullying, and exposure to family violence.

"Children’s Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence" explores in depth the NatSCEV results regarding exposure to family violence among children in the United States, including exposure to intimate partner violence, assaults by parents on siblings of children surveyed, and other assaults involving teen and adult household members.

OJJDP also released a fact sheet that outlines the survey's objectives and key features, how the research team measured exposure to violence, and plans for followup surveys and publications.

Resources:

"Polyvictimization: Children's Exposure to Multiple Types of Violence, Crime, and Abuse" (NCJ 235504) is available online at http://www.ojjdp.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=257485. Print copies can be ordered online from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. 

"Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence and Other Family Violence" (NCJ 232272) is available online at http://www.ojjdp.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=254358. Print copies can be ordered online from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service. 

"Questions and Answers About the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence" (NCJ 235163) is available online at http://www.ojjdp.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=257139. Print copies can be ordered online from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service.