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Northwestern Victimization Project Principal Investigator: Linda Teplin The Northwestern Victimization Project is a unique five-year study of crime victimization patterns in severely mentally ill persons living in the community. Prior studies of violence and mental disorder have focused on perpetration, not victimization. We examined the rates, risk factors and patterns of crime victimization among 936 persons with chronic severe mental disorders who live in the community. More than one quarter of these persons with severe mental illness had been victims of a violent crime in the past year, a rate more than 11 times higher than the general population rates even after controlling for demographic differences between the two samples. Funding Source: NIMH For More Information Please Contact: L-Teplin@northwestern.edu |