How are Youth Doing? Trends in Youth Victimization and Well-Being and Implications for Youth Policy (pdf)
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Issues connected to youth victimization and well-being have been on the minds of educators, public health officials, and the media for many years. However, the worrisome stories about crimes against children that regularly fill the media have unfortunately obscured some more positive news from statistical reports on these same issues. Child victimizations of various types have been declining since the early 1990s, in some cases declining dramatically. Similar trends have also been noticed in the areas of maladjustment and youth internet victimization.
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