NCJ Number
232123
Date Published
2010
Length
25 pages
Annotation
This paper examines the pervasiveness of child exposure to domestic violence and the factors that contribute to children's unique experiences with and outcomes from this exposure, and discusses the adequacy of current measures of the unique experiences of children exposed to domestic violence.
Abstract
The results of this review concludes that existing measures do not comprehensively identify factors related to child exposure, which calls for the development of new tools that more thoroughly and accurately assess child exposure to adult domestic violence. Child exposure to adult domestic violence has increasingly become a concern for both practitioners and researchers. Little guidance and few tools are available for professionals to carefully assess exposed children so that new policies and practices can be targeted to best serve them. This paper identifies several factors affecting children's experiences and consequent outcomes, including concurrent victimization and various risk and protective factors. The paper reviews several measures that include at least one question regarding adult domestic violence and that assess child exposure to and/or perception of domestic violence. References and table