Youth Still Vulnerable to Violence

The country's youth continue to be extremely vulnerable to violence and crime.

This is according to a second National Youth Victimisation study conducted by the Centre for Justice and Crime Prevention.

More than 4 000 young people between the ages of 12 and 22 were interviewed as part of the study.

The results showed that 27% of young South Africans had fallen prey to crime between February 2007 and February 2008.

A direct link between victimisation at a young age and later becoming an offender was also identified.

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