there’s something to be said about being a victim – part 2
the following statistics were released by The Capital Insider: a policy brief of information about disabilities in Washington:
Victimization Data
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics recently relased a report based on data from the 2007 National Crime Victimization Survey. The report found that people with disabilities experienced violent crime at a rate one and one-half times greater than people without disabilities. For females with disabilities, the rate was twice as high as women without disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities were most at risk. One in five people with disabilities who experienced violent crimes felt that they had become victims because of their disability. The report can be found at:
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/capd07.htm
so,
ok,
I felt pretty good about me moral philosophizing in the last post on being a victim
and still think there is much to be learned about what happens when we compare ourselves to others
but
its not the whole story
I mean
what do we do with the empirical data that shows how many people with disabilites are victims of major crimes!
why is this?
