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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > victimology > victimology and crime prevention > victimization scales and surveys > measurement of child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment

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measurement of child abuse, neglect, and maltreatment  

Definition

  • Although prevalent in our society, child maltreatment is not easily defined, nor measured. Concerns with protecting victims, while securing justice, ensuring offender rights, and preserving families, create a unique victimology of child maltreatment. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Child Abuse, Neglect, and Maltreatment: Measurement of]

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