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Child Violence

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Worldwide, almost 3500 children and teenagers die every year by mistreatment or abuse. This chapter briefly goes over the classifications of violence against a child and how to address it.

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Cavalheiro, H.L. et al. (2020). Child Violence. In: Nasr, A., Saavedra Tomasich, F., Collaço, I., Abreu, P., Namias, N., Marttos, A. (eds) The Trauma Golden Hour. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26443-7_40

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