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Sexual abuse
Dynamics, assessment & healing
Editor: GM Spies
Published by: Van Schaik, 2006


How rich the rewards?
Results of the 2005 National Youth Victimisation Study
Monograph Series no. 1
By: Lezanne Leoschut & Patrick Burton
Published by: Centre for justice and crime prevention

Recent media reports have highlighted the plight of many young South Africans as victims of violent attacks and crime. However, information on the criminal victimisation of South Africans has largely excluded the experiences of South African youth. A recent survey conducted by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention has bridged this gap. The CJCP's youth victimisation survey, the first of its kind conducted in South Africa, indicates that youth are victimised at almost double the rates of adults, and have few places in which they can feel safe.

This monograph presents the findings of the survey, including an analysis of young poeple's experiences of crime and violence in school, the home and the broader communities in which they live, their perceptions of safety in these environments, and their knowledge of support structures available to them.