nmm 22 4500 ICPSR06719 MiAaI m f a u cr mn mmmmuuuu 130518s1996 miu f a eng d (MiAaI)ICPSR06719 MiAaI MiAaI Hospital-Based Victim Assistance for Physically Injured Crime Victims in Charleston, South Carolina, 1990-1991 [electronic resource] Connie L. Best 2006-01-12 Ann Arbor, Mich. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] 1996 ICPSR 6719 Numeric Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2013-05-18. AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to the general public. Also available as downloadable files. The central purpose of this study was to provide descriptive information about hospitalized crime victims. More specifically, patients' knowledge of victim services, the legal justice system, and victims' rights were explored through their use of medical and dental services. From July 1, 1990, to June 30, 1991, the project staff obtained daily reports from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Admissions Office regarding new admissions to specified units. If patients granted permission, the staff member administered a Criminal Victimization Screening Schedule (CVSS) and asked permission to review the relevant portion of their medical charts. Patients were also asked if they would be willing to participate in interviews about their victimization. If so, they were given the Criminal Victimization Interview (CVI), a structured interview schedule developed for this study that included items on demographics, victim and assault characteristics, knowledge of victims' rights, and a post-traumatic stress disorder checklist. This information is contained in Part 1, Interview Data File. At the conclusion of the personal interviews, patients were referred to the Model Hospital Victim Assistance Program (MHVAP), which was developed for this project and which provided information, advocacy, crisis counseling, and post-discharge referral services to hospitalized crime victims and their families. The Follow-Up Criminal Victimization Interview (FUCVI) was administered to 30 crime victims who had participated in the study and who were successfully located 3 months after discharge from the hospital. The FUCVI included questions on health status, victim services utilization and satisfaction, and satisfaction with the criminal justice system. These data are found in Part 2, Follow-Up Data File. Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06719.v1 counseling services icpsr criminal justice system icpsr dental health icpsr health care services icpsr health services utilization icpsr hospitals icpsr victim rights icpsr victim services icpsr victims icpsr NACJD X. Victimization ICPSR XVII.E. Social Institutions and Behavior, Crime and the Criminal Justice System Best, Connie L. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. ICPSR (Series) 6719 Access restricted ; authentication may be required: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06719.v1