Abstract

Much remains unknown about how disability intersects with victimization. Relying on data from the 2016- 2019 nationally representative self-reported National Crime Victimization Survey, we examine if type of disability is associated with different health outcomes when someone is violently victimized. Through logistic regressions, we examine if the individual is injured (or not) and, among those injured, examine if they had a severe injury. In addition, we assess self-reported general mental distress (multinomial logistic regression) and self-reported mental distress symptoms (negative binomial model). Persons with physical disabilities have higher odds of being injured. Among those with a physical injury, persons with cognitive disabilities had higher odds of experiencing a severe injury. Victims with cognitive disabilities had greater mental distress and deaf victims had less mental distress. Implications for the healthcare and criminal legal systems are discussed.

摘要

关于残疾如何与受害相交，仍有许多未知之处。根据 2016-2019 年具有全国代表性的自我报告的全国犯罪受害调查的数据，我们研究了当某人受到暴力伤害时，残疾类型是否与不同的健康结果相关。通过逻辑回归，我们检查个人是否受伤（或没有受伤），并在受伤者中检查他们是否受过重伤。此外，我们评估自我报告的一般精神困扰（多项逻辑回归）和自我报告的精神困扰症状（负二项式模型）。身体残疾的人受伤的几率更高。在身体受伤的人中，认知障碍者遭受重伤的几率更高。有认知障碍的受害者有更大的精神压力，而聋哑受害者的精神压力较小。讨论了对医疗保健和刑事法律制度的影响。