RT Article
T1 Reporting to the Police Among People with Mental Illnesses Who Were Victims of Violence
JF Victims & offenders
VO 19
IS 4
SP 595
OP 612
A1 Bergdolt, Juliane
A2 Grochtmann, Julia
A2 Schröder, Tobias
A2 Driessen, Martin
A2 Lindemann, Michael
A2 Beblo, Thomas 1966-
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1888231629
AB The aim of this study was to explore reporting to the police in people with mental illnesses who were victims of violence. Fifty-eight persons with mental illnesses who had experienced physical, sexual, or psychological violence in the past three years answered quantitative questionnaires. After victimization, 33 (56.9%) participants had police contact, with 22 of them having initiated this contact. Participants who were younger (p = .027), had a substance use disorder (25.8% vs. 50.0%), used drugs or alcohol during victimization (25.0% vs. 51.7%), or experienced shame or guilt (27.5% vs. 62.5%) after victimization were less likely to report to the police. The most frequently named reasons not to report were fear of secondary victimization by the police and the belief that the police could not do anything or that the perpetrator would not be punished adequately.
K1 Guilt
K1 Shame
K1 Criminal proceedings
K1 Substance Use
K1 Victimization
K1 Police
K1 Severe mental illness
DO 10.1080/15564886.2023.2243607