Screening and assessment of crime victimization and its effects

Abstract

The authors provide a review of tools used to screen and assess history and mental health consequences of adult crime victimization. These measures can be utilized across a broad range of settings that may serve crime victims, including venues for first response (e.g., law enforcement offices or emergency departments), primary medical care, or mental health treatment facilities, regardless of whether or not the crime was reported. The authors conclude with a discussion on limitations in the field and directions for future research.

Peer Navigators and Integrated Care to Address Ethnic Health Disparities of People with Serious Mental Illness

“…People from ethnic minority groups are less insured than the majority culture (Lee, O’Neill, Park, Scully, & Shenassa, 2012) and services that should be provided by the government safety net are lacking (Darnell, 2011). As a result, clinics are not geographically available (Jerant, Fenton, & Franks, 2012) and access to those that can be found are hindered by inadequate public transportation (Bazzoli, Lee, Hsieh, & Mobley, 2012) or may be located in high crime areas (Hanson & Self-Brown, 2010). Patients of color are less able to establish ongoing relationships with primary care providers necessary to promote engagement between patient, family, and provider team, especially for chronic disorders (Jerant et al, 2012).…”

Victims in the Australian Criminal Justice System: Principles, Policy and (Distr)action

“…The trauma of victimisation stems from the immediate injury and material loss suffered and the psychological problems (helplessness, fear, depression, anxiety) and their sequelae (substance abuse, breakdown in personal relationships and unemployment) that can extend for years after the original incident (Cook, David and Grant 1999;Hanson and Self-Brown 2010;Macmillan 2001;Montada and Lerner 1998). Beyond these primary impacts, victims' experiences with criminal justice processes can constitute significant additional harm (Parsons and Bergin 2010).…”

Community-based Participatory Research Examining the Health Care Needs of African Americans who are Homeless with Mental Illness

“…14 Clinics are not geographically available 15 and access to those that can be found are hindered by inadequate public transportation 16 or may be located in high-crime areas. 17 These barriers impede African Americans from forming ongoing relationships with primary care providers necessary to promote engagement between patient, family, and provider team, especially for chronic disorders. 15 Systems of health care often fail to engage patients in a manner that is culturally attuned to those patients.…”