Children exposed to violence: Measurement considerations within an ecological framework

The authors argue that children who are exposed to violence constitute a vu lnerable and understudied population. Assessment of these children, whether for purposes of research or practice, should meet certain criteria that ma y not be satisfied with technology presently available to practitioners and researchers. This article presents a number of principles that can improve the precision and utility of practitioner and researcher evaluations and a ssessments, as well as the instruments that they develop for these purposes .