The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) has released its second annual report on children, violence and vulnerability, based on a survey of 7,574 teenagers aged 13 to 17 across in England and Wales.
The report revealed the high rates of children’s exposure to violence, as 47 per cent said they had been a victim or witness to violence in the past year. Additionally, 48 per cent of those who committed violence were also victims.
Social media was found to have contributed to the number of children seeing violence, as 60 per cent had seen real world acts of violence online, typically content showing fights between children and young people.
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