Crime, Punishment, and Victim Distress
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11657907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pamela Tontodonato (0000-0002-0546-2955, Kent State University, Ohio 44242-0001, USA, corresponding author), Edna Erez (0000-0003-4320-0419, Kent State University, Ohio 44242-0001, USA) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 33-55 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review of Victimology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0269-7580 • E-ISSN: 2047-9433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/026975809400300203 |
| OpenAlex | W1936361007 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 20 |
The costs of crime to victims are well-known and research has described the physical, emotional, and financial injuries sustained by crime victims. To date, however, there has been little empirical work which investigates the correlates of victim distress vis-à-vis victim involvement in the criminal justice process. The present study explores the role played by the criminal justice experience in victim distress level and the relative importance of victim, offense, and system participation variables. Multivariate analysis revealed that the level of distress following the victimization is largely a function of offense type, victim perception of sentence severity, and victim demographic characteristics of sex and age. Investigation of the factors predictive of current victim distress level indicated that receiving restitution and the level of distress following the victimization are most important, in addition to the personal characteristics of race and marital status. The implications of these findings for research on victim participation and for policy concerning crime victims are discussed
Criminal justice · Criminology · Distress · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Marital status · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Punishment (psychology · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology
Secondary Victimization of Crime Victims by Criminal Proceedings
Victim/survivors’ reasons for volunteering in Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA)
Victim Satisfaction With the Criminal Justice System and Emotional Recovery
Victim Impact Statements A brief examination of their implementation in Victoria
Juvenile Probationers, Restitution Payments, and Empathy
Crime victimization distress, neighbourhood social cohesion and perceived police effectiveness
Victim Participation in Sentencing
Society and the Adolescent Self-Image
Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error
The CES-D Scale
From Crime Policy to Victim Policy
Victim/witness noncooperation
Victim participation in sentencing
A Theoretical Perspective for Understanding Reactions to Victimization
Perceptions of Vulnerability to Victimization
Why Do Victims Fail to Report? The Psychology of Criminal Victimization
Coping with Victimization
The Effect of Victim Participation in Sentencing on Sentence Outcome
Social Factors in Psychopathology
Procedural Justice in Felony Cases
Having Their Day in Court
What is Procedural Justice
Stress, Social Status, and Psychological Distress
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1994 - 2025 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |