Violence against children in Latin America and the Caribbean: What do available data reveal about prevalence and perpetrators?

• Main Authors: Karen Devries (Author), Katherine G. Merrill (Author), Louise Knight (Author), Sarah Bott (Author), Alessandra Guedes (Author), Betzabe Butron-Riveros (Author), Constanza Hege (Author), Max Petzold (Author), Amber Peterman (Author), Claudia Cappa (Author), Lauren Maxwell (Author), Abigail Williams (Author), Sunita Kishor (Author), Naeemah Abrahams (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective. To describe the prevalence of recent physical, sexual, and emotional violence against children 0 - 19 years of age in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) by age, sex, and perpetrator. Methods. A systematic review and analysis of published literature and large international dat...