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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2002;156:746-747.

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VIOLENCE AMONG children and adolescents expresses itself in many different forms, all of them harmful. The term "violence" can be defined broadly or specifically. I prefer a broad definition like "the abusive or unjust exercise of power."¹ While some may believe we live in a violent society, history tells us that society was even more violent in the not so distant past. The practice of infanticide was common throughout history. It was not until the 1960s that child abuse came to be recognized as such, followed by sexual abuse in the late 1970s. Only recently have we begun to treat domestic violence as an assault.

In 1999, 3232 children and adolescents younger than 20 years in the United States died from homicide, with peaks during the first year of life and among teens 15 to 19 years of age.² Self-inflicted injuries have made suicide the third leading cause of death . . . [Full Text of this Article]