Describing the crime victim: Psychological reactions to victimization.

HATE CRIME VICTIMIZATION IN WALES Psychological and Physical Impacts Across Seven Hate Crime Victim Types

This paper presents findings from the All Wales Hate Crime Project. Most hate crime research has focused on discrete victim types in isolation. For the first time, internationally, this paper examines the psychological and physical impacts of hate crime across seven victim types drawing on quantitative and qualitative data. It contributes to the hate crime debate in two significant ways: (1) it...

Identifying predictors of negative psychological reactions to stalking victimization.

Victims of stalking often experience a number of negative psychological problems including such things as fear, symptoms of depression, and anger. However, research on factors that lead to these outcomes is limited. The goal of this study was to first identify distinct subgroups of stalking victims based on measures of psychological problems resulting from being stalked. Once identified, the ne...

HATE CRIME VICTIMISATION IN WALES Psychological and Physical Impacts Across Seven Hate Crime Victim-Types

This paper presents findings from the All Wales Hate Crime Project. Most hate crime research has focused on discrete victim types in isolation. For the first time, internationally, this paper examines the psychological and physical impacts of hate crime across seven victim types drawing on quantitative and qualitative data. It contributes to the hate crime debate in two significant ways: (1) it...

The Seasonality of Crime Victimization

Crime victimization in adults with severe mental illness: comparison with the National Crime Victimization Survey.

CONTEXT Since deinstitutionalization, most persons with severe mental illness (SMI) now live in the community, where they are at great risk for crime victimization. OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence and incidence of crime victimization among persons with SMI by sex, race/ethnicity, and age, and to compare rates with general population data (the National Crime Victimization Survey), contr...