Victimization of Individuals with Legal Blindness: Nature and Forms of Victimization

✍ Scribed by Delbert L. Rounds Jr.

• Book ID: 102657664
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 797 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0735-3936
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0798(199624)14:1<29::aid-bsl222>3.0.co;2-8

✦ Synopsis

This article reports the results of a study of the forms of victimization experienced by individuals with legal blindness. Semi-structured interviews with 58 legallyblind persons were conducted. Results reveal that individuals with legal blindness generally experience criminal victimization at rates consistent with the sighted population but, in some cases, experience certain forms of victimization at rates higher than the sighted population.