(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 São Paulo and a community of Guarulhos. The research involved interviews, questionnaires and group discussions with children, adolescents and adults. The data was collected between September 2013 and February 2014. For each favela where the study was conducted a separate research report is available on: www.pucrs.br/caes.
Although some indicators of violence witnessed in the streets of the areas surveyed are lower than those observed in Recife and Rio de Janeiro, where the same survey was conducted, the rates of physical violence against children at home are extremely high.
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.