Paper Title
Criminal Victimization Among Women in Cleveland, Ohio: Impact on Health Status and Medical Service Usage, 1986
Keywords
- Criminal Victimization
- Women
- Cleveland Ohio
- Health Status
- Medical Service Usage
- Psychological Wellbeing
- Physical Condition
- Assault
- Burglary
- Robbery
- Rape
- Attempted Rape
- National Crime Survey
- Medical Records
- Demographic Factors
- petty theft
- reactions to crime
- victims
Journal
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD)
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Publication Info
Volume: V1
Published On
January, 2006
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Abstract
The impact of criminal victimization on the health status of women is the focus of this data collection. The researchers examined the extent to which victimized women differed from nonvictimized women in terms of their physical and psychological well-being and differences in their use of medical services. The sample was drawn from female members of a health maintenance plan at a worksite in Cleveland, Ohio. Questions used to measure criminal victimization were taken from the National Crime Survey and focused on purse snatching, home burglary, attempted robbery, robbery with force, threatened assault, and assault. In addition, specific questions concerning rape and attempted rape were developed for the study. Health status was assessed by using a number of instruments, including the Cornell Medical Index, the Mental Health Index, and the RAND Corporation test battery for their Health Insurance Experiment. Medical service usage was assessed by reference to medical records. Demographic information includes age, race, income, and education.
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