Interpersonal violence against children in sport (original) (raw)

Children worldwide are confronted with interpersonal violence (IV) on a daily basis. They encounter violence in children’s books, cartoons, on television and in the media or, more personally, in social media, at home, at school, in church or on the streets, with the acts being perpetrated by parents, relatives, other adults in a position of power, peers or strangers. Encompassing physical, psychological and sexual violence, the full range and scale of IV against children has only recently become visible, as has the evidence of the harm it can do. The main aim of this doctoral dissertation was to expand our knowledge on the prevalence, victim and perpetrator characteristics and the long-term impact of IV against children in organised sport in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium).