| Beyond cases reported to authorities,
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| | victimization and mental health problems
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| little knowledge exists on the types,
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| | and delinquent behavior. For example:~
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| amount, and effects of childhood
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| | Negative outcomes in victims of sexual
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| victimization. Through a national survey
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| | assault were three to five times the rate
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| of adolescents, researchers examined the
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| | observed in non victims.~ Girls who
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| prevalence of sexual assault, physical
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| | witnessed violence were nearly twice as
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| assault, physically abusive punishment,
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| | likely as boys to experience post
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| and witnessing an act of violence and
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| | traumatic stress disorder.This nationally
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| subsequent effects on mental health,
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| | representative sample does not include
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| substance use, and delinquent behavior
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| | adolescents from homes without telephones
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| problems. Gender and racial/ethnic
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| | and certain high-risk adolescents (i.e.,
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| specific findings are translated into
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| | those who were homeless or housed in
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| national estimates.Research findings
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| | jails, juvenile correctional facilities,
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| include (from the U.S. Department of
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| | or inpatient mental health treatment
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| Justice):1. Rates of interpersonal
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| | facilities).These are disturbing
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| violence and victimization of 12 to 17
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| | statistics and are supported by the well
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| year-olds in the United States were
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| | known syndrome that rape cases go largely
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| extremely high, and witnessing violence
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| | unreported. Many times, children are
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| is considerably more common.2. Black and
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| | embarrassed to report abuse, especially
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| native American adolescents were
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| | sexual abuse, which allows the
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| victimized more than whites, Hispanics,
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| | perpetrator more time to continue with
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| and Asians in each type of victimization.
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| | the child (and others). The National
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| Much of the violence experienced by
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| | Center for Child Abuse and Neglect
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| youths is perpetrated by peers or someone
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| | estimates that there are almost one
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| the victim knows well. Most sexual
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| | million children in the US that suffer
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| assaults (86 percent) and physical
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| | life threatening physical violence each
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| assaults (65 percent) went unreported.3.
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| | year.
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| A clear relationship exists between youth
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