The Victimization of Dependent Drug Users
| Autor: | Alex Stevens, Morena Tartari, Paul Turnbull, Gabriele Waidner, Tim McSweeney, Barbara Trinkl, Daniele Berto, Viktoria Kerschl, Wolfgang Werdenich, Ambros Uchtenhagen, Ulrich Frick, Susanne Schaaf |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Multivariate analysis education 05 social sciences Sex workers social sciences Mental health 0506 political science Dependent drug HV 050602 political science & public administration 050501 criminology medicine Anxiety Social exclusion medicine.symptom Psychiatry Psychology Law health care economics and organizations Depression (differential diagnoses) 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Criminology. 4:385-408 |
| ISSN: | 1741-2609 1477-3708 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1477370807080719 |
| Popis: | This article contributes to the literature on drug users, victimization and offending using data on 545 dependent drug users entering treatment in four European countries. Members of the sample were exposed to high levels of criminal victimization. Sub-groups who were particularly vulnerable to crime were women (and especially sex workers), the homeless, recent offenders and those with a history of poor mental health. Multivariate analysis indicated that frequent drug use, recent offending and histories of depression and anxiety were significantly predictive of violent victimization, and only gender and a history of anxiety were significantly predictive of property victimization. The article discusses how these findings relate to theoretical approaches to victimization, in both positivist and critical frameworks. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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