What does this mean?
In Kids Stats a victim of crime refers to a child or young person who has been on the receiving end of a criminal act.
Children and young people may be victims of crime directly, such as being assaulted, or indirectly, such as having their possessions stolen during a burglary.
Being a victim of crime can negatively affect a child or young person’s health, well-being, sense of security, safety and hope for the future. It can have lasting consequences, resulting in physical injury, disability or death.
The indicator used in Kids Stats to monitor victims of crime is:
The number of reported kidnapping/abduction and robbery offences against the person for children and young people aged 0-17 years, as a rate per 1,000 children and young people aged 0-17 years.
Only incidents recognised as a crime, and subsequently reported to the police are included. Crimes against property, such as burglaries are not included, as these crimes are not directed against an individual.
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