RT Article
T1 Nonfinancial Consequences of Identity Theft Revisited: Examining the Association of Out-of-Pocket Losses With Physical or Emotional Distress and Behavioral Health
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 51
IS 3
SP 459
OP 481
A1 Maher, Cooper A.
A2 Hayes, Brittany E.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1881087166
AB The study investigates whether nuanced measures of financial loss are associated with physical and/or emotional distress relating to one’s identity theft victimization. A subsample of victims of identity theft from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Identity Theft Supplement (n = 1,557) was examined. Financial loss was considered as the total amount lost, whether victims suffered any financial losses, and whether losses were in the 95th percentile. Stepwise negative binomial and logistic regressions were estimated for physical and emotional distress and behavioral health outcomes (i.e., both physical and emotional distress). Findings indicate that out-of-pocket losses were substantively associated with physical and emotional distress as well as behavioral health outcomes only when considering nuanced measures of monetary loss. Time taken to resolve identity theft was associated with increased distress across all outcomes. Nonfinancial consequences of identity theft are fundamentally different phenomena than financial loss and indicate the need for multifaceted responses which acknowledge these outcomes.
K1 physical and emotional distress
K1 Policy
K1 victimization consequences
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Victimization
K1 Identity Theft
DO 10.1177/00938548231223166