在残疾人中发生的杀人事件,美国,2003-2022年
Rebecca F Wilson1, Dominique D Harrison2, Esther Amoakohene2
1Montgomery College, Department of Health Enhancement, Exercise Science and Physical Education, Rockville, MD, USA. Rebecca.wilson@montgomerycollege.edu.
Injury epidemiology
|November 22, 2025
概括
杀人事件不成比例地影响残疾人 (PwD),特别是老年人. 照顾者虐待,亲密伴侣暴力和心理健康问题是这些致命暴力事件的关键因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 残疾人 (PwD) 面临非致命暴力的更高风险.
- 在PWD中,致命暴力的风险,特别是杀人,没有得到充分的证据.
研究的目的:
- 用国家数据来描述残疾人之间的杀人事件.
- 为了确定人口统计学,残疾类型,以及涉及PwD的杀人事件的促成因素.
主要方法:
- 利用国家暴力死亡报告系统 (NVDRS) 从2003年到2022年的数据.
- 通过对NVDRS记录的文本搜索来确定残疾状态.
- 使用描述性统计数据来分析普华永道的谋杀数据.
主要成果:
- 在2003年至2022年期间,PWD中记录了1498起杀人事件.
- 神经和认知障碍是最常见的;45.1%的受害者65岁以上.
- 最重要的情况包括照顾者虐待/忽视 (27.0%),争论 (26.0%) 和亲密伴侣暴力 (24.0%).
结论:
- 老年人占残疾人杀人受害者的很大一部分.
- 心理健康状况普遍存在,特别是在女性受害者中.
- 调查结果强调了护理人员支持,保护环境,改进数据收集和针对PWD量身定制的预防策略的需要.
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