Violence against children widespread, says human rights report

Violence against children widespread, says human rights report

Chinese state orphanages revealed "a horrifying pattern of cruelty, abuse, and malign neglect", it reported. In wars in Congo, Colombia and Sierra Leone, children were "killed, maimed, raped, and tortured". In correctional schools in Kenya, children told researchers that they wer...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-10, Vol.358 (9288), p.1166-1166
1. Verfasser: Kapp, Clare
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aggression
Assaults
Becker, Jo
Child
Child abuse & neglect
Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data
Children
Criminal investigations
Developing Countries
Human rights
Humans
International
Punishment - psychology
Schools
Sex crimes
Studies
United States
Violence
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Zusammenfassung:Chinese state orphanages revealed "a horrifying pattern of cruelty, abuse, and malign neglect", it reported. In wars in Congo, Colombia and Sierra Leone, children were "killed, maimed, raped, and tortured". In correctional schools in Kenya, children told researchers that they were caned even for minor misdemeanours such as having missing buttons.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06315-2