Cost of Mental Health Care for Victims of Crime in the United States, 1991
Description
The main objective of this survey was to determine the
number of crime victims receiving mental health counseling, by type of
crime, and the annual cost of treatment for each type of crime
victim. Multiplying these two figures would yield an estimate of the
annual financial cost of mental health care for crime victims. For
this survey, mental health professionals were sampled from eight
professional organizations and were asked questions about their
clients during 1991. Respondents were instructed to count only those
clients whose primary reason for being treated was because they were
previously crime victims, regardless of whether the criminal
victimization was the presenting issue at the time the client was
first treated. Interviews were structured to first elicit information
about the number of victims served for each type of crime. Respondents
were then asked for details about the type and length of treatment for
the crime type most frequently encountered by the respondent. Similar
information was obtained for each additional crime type mentioned by
the respondent, in descending order of frequency. Variables include
the number of adults, youths, and children served
Resources
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ICPSR06581.v1 |
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06581.v1 |
Tags
- health-care-costs
- mental-health-services
- crime
- victims
- counseling-services
- treatment-programs
- victim-services