Section 4. Findings Figure 28: Children here have not victimised me 4.59 Only 33% of respondents said they would report it if they were being victimised by another child. 4.60 Our questionnaire lists a number of different ways in which children can be victimised by their peers. Overall, verbal abuse was the most commonly reported type of victimisation by other children (42%). Figure 29: Types of victimisation by other children 4.61 Analyses on sub-population data for types of victimisation by other children revealed that: Verbal abuse (reported by 42% of children) • Children from black and minority ethnic backgrounds were significantly less likely than children from white backgrounds to report that they had been verbally abused by other children (37% compared with 48%). • A significantly higher proportion of respondents who said they had a disability reported that they had been verbally abused by other children (57% compared with 38% of children without a disability). 40 Children in Custody 2018–19

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