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29 - Violence Exposure among Children and Young People

A South African Case Study

from Part III - Regional and Country Case Studies on Social Justice for Youth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2020

By
Theophilus Lazarus ,
Gershom Lazarus ,
Eugene Emory ,
Katelyn Reardon  and
Eva Kuzyk
Edited by
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers ,
Aradhana Bela Sood  and
Mark D. Weist
Caroline S. Clauss-Ehlers
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Aradhana Bela Sood
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Mark D. Weist
Affiliation:
University of South Carolina
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Summary

The legacy of apartheid that legalized racial separation and discrimination continues to haunt South African society as evidenced in the growing number of verbal and violent racist attacks. Socially disadvantaged children and youth in South Africa lack social support and access to healthcare. The high incidence of head trauma in South Africa is related to the increasing rate of mental illness. In particular, mild traumatic brain injuries pose serious threats to the mental and physical health of children and adolescents. This chapter highlights the vulnerability to further trauma facing children with mild traumatic head injury when confronting security challenges and argues for the evolution of mental education to law enforcement and legal structures to provide appropriate protective care to child and adolescent victims of mild traumatic head injuries.

Keywords

South Africatraumatic brain injuryvulnerability to traumalaw and legal educationprotection of children and adolescents
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Social Justice for Children and Young People
International Perspectives
 , pp. 450 - 459
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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