(NB: In Portuguese). A multidisciplinary team analysed the experience of hundreds of children aged 0 to 8 with violence at home, in the streets and at school in five favelas of Recife. The research involved interviews, questionnaires and group discussions with children, adolescents and adults. The data was collected between September 2012 and November 2012. For each favela where the study was conducted a separate research report is available on: www.pucrs.br/caes.
Among the results are that community violence is more commonly witnessed in Recife than in Rio, but children’s experience of violence in the home is similar in each city: 73% of mothers in Recife and 71% in Rio report hitting their children.
By exploring the commonalities and differences in how violence affects children in each community, the research is intended to inform the development of more precise strategies by public, private and nongovernmental organisations.