This infographic provides essential information on the consequences of violence towards children. In both the short and long term, all forms of violence experienced during childhood can lead to poor physical and mental health. Behaviorally and socio-economically, the experience of violence has significant and very negative repercussions. 

All statistics used here are derived from the following sources: 

  1.  http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/activities/child_...
  2. European Report on Preventing Child Maltreatment (2013) WHO
  3. Violence towards children in the EU: Current Situation (2014) European Parliamentary Research Service
  4. The costs and economic impact of violence against children (2014) Child Fund Alliance
  5. Understanding  child maltreatment an juvenile delinquency: the research, Wisdom
  6.  http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/childmaltreatment/consequences.html

 

 

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