Victims of fraud: comparing victims of white collar and violent crime.
Mental health professionals have focused attention on the psychiatric sequelae of criminal victimization. This article compares the experience of white collar and violent crime victims on several parameters including statistical risk of victimization and psychiatric outcome after victimization. Emphasis is given to data obtained from interviewing 77 victims of a fraudulent financial scheme.
Oregon Health Sciences University, Department of Psychiatry, Portland 97201.
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence