Examining the Association Between Mental Illness and Victimization Risk in Community and Prison Settings

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dc.contributor.advisorPorter, Lauren Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorKozlowski, Meghan Michelleen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-08T06:35:20Z
dc.date.available2019-02-08T06:35:20Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.description.abstractResearch suggests that persons with mental illness are at risk for physical and sexual victimization both in the community and while incarcerated. However, there is less understanding of the risk factors that explain these relationships. Using data from the Survey of Inmates in State Correctional Facilities (2004), the current study tests the relationship between mental illness and victimization and explores possible risk factors that may contribute to victimization across groups and environments. Findings suggest that inmates with mental illness are more likely to be victimized than their counterparts without mental illness in community and prison settings. Results from stepwise regression models suggest that the mental health-victimization relationship is partially attributable to setting-specific risk factors such as homelessness or prison program involvement. Future research interested in better understanding the vulnerability of persons with mental illness should consider the salience of environmentally-specific risk factors in explaining victimization risk.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mawx-xljl
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/21764
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMental Healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPrisonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVictimizationen_US
dc.titleExamining the Association Between Mental Illness and Victimization Risk in Community and Prison Settingsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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