Explanations about crime and psychological distress in ethnic minority and white victims of crime
A qualitative exploration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12396606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lloyd Carson (University of St Andrews, corresponding author), Malcolm D Macleod |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 361-375 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-9284 • E-ISSN: 1099-1298 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/(sici)1099-1298(199712)7:5<361::aid-casp430>3.0.co;2-g |
| OpenAlex | W2068236850 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
This study reports the findings of a qualitative analysis of ethnic minority crime victims' causal explanations of crime. The analysis indicated that usage of ascriptions involving ‘race’ or ‘racism’ appeared to be associated with relatively poor psychological adjustment. Usage of racial explanations did not, however, appear to be related to the type of incident, the seriousness of the incident, or satisfaction with the police response. It is suggested that crime explanations embodying immutable aspects of the self, such as ethnicity, might prevent adjustment, whereas those incorporating mutable features of the self or circumstances might act as effective coping strategies by allowing victims to perceive the incident as random or temporary and therefore unlikely to recur. This interpretation was supported by an analysis of the types of explanation utilized by distressed and non-distressed White victims in a matched control group. These findings are discussed in relation to models of attributional activity, coping and psychological status. Finally, their practical applications are considered. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Attribution · Coping (psychology · Ethnic group · Mental health · Psychiatry · Psychological distress · Racism · Seriousness · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Policing Practices and Perceptions · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Social Psychology
Stress, appraisal, and coping
Learned helplessness in humans
Attributions in marriage
Learned Helplessness and Victimization
Perceptions of Vulnerability to Victimization
Assessing the Risk of Crime Victimization
The Fear of Rape
Self-efficacy mechanism in human agency
Victim attributions and post-rape trauma
Characterological versus behavioral self-blame
Blaming others for threatening events
Race-of-Interviewer Effects
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2003 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |