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Criminology and Criminal Justice

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

2015

People with disabilities--Crimes against

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The Impact Of Victimization On The Disabled., Derek James Allen May 2015

The Impact Of Victimization On The Disabled., Derek James Allen

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To date victimizations amongst the disabled has been researched, but the literature tends to group these victimizations amongst disabled as a whole. This research is also limited for this particular population and this review tries to outline, expand, and attempts to explain improvements for research by identifying the disabled into specific groups rather than all as one group. For example, individualizing policies and research for the blind specifically or any disability in an individualized approach. In the following an intensive online search of literature regarding different victimizations rates, types of disabilities and correlative victimizations, and the relationship these disabled individuals …