伊利诺伊州的犯罪受害者赔偿:我们可以做得更好
Charlotte Kvasnovsky1, Joy Ayemoba1, Clarice Robinson2
1From the Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Kvasnovsky, Ayemoba, Henry, Romain, Callier).
Journal of the American College of Surgeons
|September 23, 2025
概括
伊利诺伊州大多数犯罪受害者赔偿 (CVC) 索赔被拒绝,暴力伤害受害者的赔偿延迟了很长时间. 计划管理需要改进,以便CVC能够有效地支持幸存者.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
背景情况:
- 美国的犯罪受害者赔偿 (CVC) 计划旨在支持受暴力伤害影响的个人和家庭.
- 伊利诺伊州的CVC计划提供高达45,000美元的赔偿,用于心理健康服务,搬迁和埋葬等费用.
- CVC可以在创伤中心任务中的恢复连续性中发挥作用.
研究的目的:
- 分析伊利诺伊州犯罪受害者赔偿索赔的结果.
- 根据犯罪的类型,评估退款延迟,并确定索赔结果的差异.
- 评估伊利诺伊州CVC计划在支持暴力受害者方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 根据"信息自由法" (Freedom of Information Act) 的要求,伊利诺伊州的CVC索赔数据从2012年到2024年提交.
- 分析重点是CVC索赔请求,特别是审查退款率和处理时间.
- 分析了犯罪类型,奖励状况,退款金额和支付延迟的数据.
主要成果:
- 平均每年提交3,677份CVC索赔,其中袭击 (47.1%) 和杀人 (20.8%) 是最常见的.
- 只有36.7%的索赔被授予;杀人索赔的授予率比其他罪行高 (65.2%).
- 平均退款时间为281天,只有17.9%在六个月内获得退款;然而,自2022年以来,等待时间已经减少.
结论:
- 尽管其目的是帮助受伤的个人,但伊利诺伊州的CVC计划经常在出现重大延误后拒绝索赔.
- 目前CVC应用程序的管理效率低下,阻碍其满足暴力受害者需求的能力.
- 简化CVC申请流程对于该计划有效运作和及时为幸存者提供支持至关重要.
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