RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Victims of Fraud: Comparing Victims of White Collar and Violent Crime
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 55
OP 63
VO 18
IS 1
A1 Ganzini, Linda
A1 McFarland, Bentson
A1 Bloom, Joseph
YR 1990
UL http://jaapl.org/content/18/1/55.abstract
AB Mental health professionals have focused attention on the psychiatric sequelae of criminal victimization. This article compares the experience of white collar and violent crime victims on several parameters including statistical risk of victimization and psychiatric outcome after victimization. Emphasis is given to data obtained from interviewing 77 victims of a fraudulent financial scheme.