interpersonal
violence between children – much of what has been published
has come from other parts of the world, with a focus upon
serious injuries and deaths in older children and adolescents.6–10
One prospective study from the United States investigated the epidemiology
of injuries to preschool children in care centres and found
that 37% of injuries were precipitated by or had the involvement of
another child.11 Their data were gathered from teachers, who completed
standardised forms when an event ‘‘that resulted in bodily
harm, as reflected by a physical mark or a sustained complaint more
than 5 min in duration’’ took place. Most of the injuries were minor,
so would not have (otherwise) come to medical attention. As in our
study, there was a preponderance of boys being injured