RT Article
T1 Responses to inpatient victimisation in mental health settings in England and Wales
JF International review of victimology
VO 25
IS 2
SP 141
OP 156
A1 Ellison, Louise 1967-
A1 Berzins, Kathryn
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1688074775
AB Mental health inpatients are known to be at risk of criminal victimisation, but the experiences of this vulnerable victim population seldom receive mention in the victimological literature. Against this backdrop, this article explores to what extent and in what ways mental health inpatients report victimisation, and provides the first systematic analysis of what the existing evidence base tells us about the subsequent responses of mental health services and criminal justice agencies, particularly in England and Wales. Identified knowledge gaps are problematised as impediments to evaluation of both policy and practice in this context. An agenda for future research is additionally sketched out.
K1 Victimisation
K1 Crime
K1 Inpatient
K1 Mental health
K1 Police
DO 10.1177/0269758018816568