PSY-5505 Diversity In Forensic Psychology V3

Bender, A. K., & Lauritsen, J. L. (2021). Violent victimization among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual populations in the United States: Findings from the national crime victimization survey, 2017–2018. American Journal of Public Health, 111(2), 318–326.
Bender and Lauritsen (2021) detail the significantly higher rates of violent victimization based on sexual orientation. They provide recommendations for further study to help inform specific victim prevention efforts for LGB individuals.

Dembo, R. S., Mitra, M., & McKee, M. (2018). The psychological consequences of violence against people with disabilities. Disability and Health Journal, 11(3), 390–397.
Dembo et al. (2018) demonstrate that the impact of victimization differs based on disability status and sex. Students will, therefore, learn about another important way that victimization varies based on sociodemographic characteristics.

Morgan, R.E., & Truman, J. L. (2020). Criminal Victimization, 2019. The Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. 1 – 28.
This Bureau of Justice Statistics report covers the relevant statistics related to criminal victimization in the U.S. in 2019. Students will see the rates of victimization based on crime type, race/ethnicity, gender, and geographical residence. Students are not required to read the report in its entirety, but can instead focus on pages 1 – 28.

Negi, N. J., Siegel, J., Calderon, M., Thomas, E., & Valdez, A. (2020). “They dumped me like trash”: The social and psychological toll of victimization on Latino day laborers’ lives. American Journal of Community Psychology, 65(3–4), 369–380.
Negi et al. (2020) discuss another minoritized group – immigrants- at increased risk for victimization. They discuss the types of victimization these individuals experience, and the social and psychological outcomes related to these experiences. They suggest that these findings can inform prevention and intervention efforts.

Tillyer, M., & Tillyer, R. (2016). Race, ethnicity, and adolescent violent victimization. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 45(7), 1497–1511.
Tillyer and Tillyer (2016) demonstrate that, in general, the risk for violent victimization increases when adolescents of any race or ethnicity participate in delinquency; however, they also find that some risk factors vary by race/ethnicity. Students will learn that understanding risk factors is an important aspect of making sense of the differential victimization rates based on sociodemographic factors, such as race/ethnicity and age.