Abstract

SKEEN, Sarah et al. Early intervention: A foundation for lifelong violence prevention. SA crime q. [online]. 2015, n.51, pp.05-07. ISSN 2413-3108.  http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sacq.v51i1.1.

High levels of violence affect every family in South Africa. Exposure to violence starts early, in both the home and community. There are high levels of physical abuse of children,¹ and the national under-five homicide rate is more than double that of other low- and middle-income countries.² Rates of violence are particularly high in poorer communities in the country, and many children already made vulnerable by poverty are also at risk from increased exposure to violence.³

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