Exposure to violence, which includes peer victimization (i.e., bullying), family violence (i.e., child maltreatment and witnessing intimate partner abuse), and community violence (e.g., being physically assaulted, witnessing gunfire, etc.), is a pressing global public health issue that affects far too many children and youth who experience violence directly, or as witnesses, in their schools, homes, and communities. For example, a recent study examining national estimates of exposure to multiple types of violence among American children aged 0 to 17 years of age, indicated that over 60 % had been exposed to violence and that 10 % had experienced an injury as a result of their victimization (Finkelhor et al.
2009). …
