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Web Resources

Mentally Ill at Higher Risk for Becoming Victims

This article comes from the HPC Live website.  The article explains that a new study found that patients with a serious mental illness are actually more likely to become the victim of a violent crime than they are to commit one.

Disabled More Likely to be Crime Victims

This CNN case study gives information and statistics about disabled victims and their higher risk of becoming victims.

Video Links

Serving Disabled Victims

A 14-minute you tube video about victim services for the disabled victims.

Mentally Ill Victimization

More mentally ill people are being put in nursing homes nationwide alongside older patients, sometimes with tragic results. In this short video, a 77-year-old man with Alzheimer's was fatally beaten, allegedly by his mentally-ill roommate.

Audio Links

Reasonable Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities

This short podcasts discusses the FBI’s hiring of persons with disabilities and the furnishing of tools needed to do the job.