NCJ Number
9447
Journal
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MONOGRAPH Volume: 4 Issue: 1 Dated: (1973)
Date Published
1973
Length
83 pages
Annotation
THE SOCIAL, MEDICAL, AND CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS OF NORMAL GUNSHOT AND STAB WOUND VICTIMS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM THOSE OF RECIDIVIST VICTIMS.
Abstract
THE CONCEPT OF THE RECIDIVIST VICTIM EMERGED FROM LOCAL HOSPITAL EXPERIENCE WITH PATIENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED NOT ONCE, BUT SEVERAL TIMES FOR TREATMENT RESULTING FROM AN ACT OF VIOLENCE. DATA FROM THE DOWNTOWN CITY AREA WAS COLLECTED, AND SEPARATE GROUPINGS OF VICTIM CHARACTERISTICS WERE MADE BY RACE (WHITE, BLACK, LATIN) AND SEX. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY ARE SUMMARIZED IN A SERIES OF PROFILES. IT WAS FOUND THAT RECIDIVIST VICTIMS HAD DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS. RECIDIVIST VICTIMS TENDED TO BE OLDER THAN OTHER VICTIMS, TO HAVE A MORE PROMINENT PATTERN OF ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ABUSE, AND TO HAVE A LONGER HISTORY OF ARRESTS AND JAIL SENTENCES. IN ADDITION TO DATA ON THIS PARTICULAR STUDY, THE TEXT INCLUDES A REVIEW OF LITERATURE ON VICTIMOLOGY AND SUMMARIES OF VARIOUS DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN VICTIM COMPENSATION PLANS.