De Nationale Prevalentiestudie Mishandeling van kinderen en jeugdigen (NPM): Een repliek op Prinsen

In zijn artikel in het NJB concludeert Peter Prinsen dat het resultaat van de meest recente Nationale Prevalentiestudie Mishandeling van kinderen en jeugdigen (119.000 slachtoffers van kindermishandeling in één jaar tijd) een drastische overschatting is van het werkelijke aantal mishandelde kinderen. Daarmee zou dit resultaat onbruikbaar zijn...

Prevalence of child maltreatment in the Netherlands: An update and cross-time comparison

BACKGROUND: The third Netherlands' Prevalence study of Maltreatment of children and youth (NPM-2017) continues the tradition of periodically mapping the national prevalence of child maltreatment. OBJECTIVE: The NPM-2017 provides an update of the current prevalence rates of child maltreatment and of changes in its prevalence over the last 12...

What About the Children? Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Parental Separation

The aim of this study was to investigate (a) the extent to which child maltreatment co-occurs with parental separation and (b) associations between different types of child maltreatment and various types of separation-associated interparental conflict. Professionals working with children (N = 785) reported each case of suspected child...

NPM 2017: Nationale prevalentiesstudie mishandeling van kinderen en jeugdigen [Netherlands' prevalence study on maltreatment of children and youth]

Introduction The third Netherlands’ Prevalence study on Maltreatment of children and youth (NPM-2017) aims to estimate the number of children who have been victims of child maltreatment in 2017 and to shed new light on risk factors for maltreatment. Trends over time will be shown by comparing results to those from the two earlier prevalence...