@article{ref1,
title="Victim-offender relationships and severity of victim injury",
journal="Journal of social psychology",
year="1983",
author="Heller, Melvin S. and Ehrlich, Saundra M. and Lester, David",
volume="120",
number="2",
pages="229-234",
abstract="A study was conducted to explore whether a close, or more personal relationship between a criminal offender and victim of an assault was related to the extent of injury to the victim. Case records of 328 pretrial defendants and presentence offenders examined during a seven-year period at a Court Psychiatric Clinic were reviewed. Records included data on victim relationship and victim injury as reported by the interviewing psychiatrist. <br><br>FINDINGS revealed that when a closer relationship between offender and victim existed, severity of victim-injury was greater. This relationship was found regardless of the diagnosis or age of the offender and regardless of the sex or age of the victim.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-4545",
doi="10.1080/00224545.1983.9713216",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00224545.1983.9713216"
}