Victim and Crime Factors Associated With the Development of Crime-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

• NCJ Number: 130797
• Journal: Behavior Therapy Volume: 20 Dated: (1989) Pages: 199-214
• Date Published: 1989
• Author(s): D G Kilpatrick; B E Saunders; A Amick-McMullan; C L Best; L J Veronen; H S Resnick
• Length: 16 pages
• Grant Number(s): 84-IJ-CX-0039
• Agencies: NIJ-Sponsored
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)

Annotation

Data from a sample of 391 adult female residents of Charleston County, South Carolina, of whom 294 were crime victims assessed for Crime-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CR-PTSD), were used to examine the relationship between development of the disorder and various victim and crime characteristics. Of the 294 assessed victims, 82 were CR-PTSD positive and 212 were CR-PTSD negative.