The Post Office Scandal in the United Kingdom: Mental health and social experiences of wrongly convicted and wrongly accused individuals
The Post Office Scandal in the United Kingdom: Mental health and social experiences of wrongly convicted and wrongly accused individuals
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英国邮局丑闻：被错误定罪和错误指控的个人的心理健康和社会经历
DOI：
10.1111/lcrp.12247
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Growns B
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Growns B
背景错误的刑事定罪会严重损害无罪释放者的心理健康。然而，人们对错误指控知之甚少：错误的法律指控或调查（未定罪）对心理健康结果的影响。方法为了解决这一差距，我们调查了英国邮局丑闻的 101 名受害者，他们被错误指控、定罪和/或因软件错误造成的经济“损失”而接受调查。结果大多数受访者报告有临床上显着的创伤后应激障碍 (67%) 和抑郁症 (60%)症状——无论案件的结果如何。这些结果表明，错误指控和错误定罪都会严重损害心理健康。结论我们的研究结果对邮局丑闻的受害者具有重要意义，并强调了受错误定罪和错误法律指控影响的人们的独特需求。我们的研究结果强调了为无罪释放者提供全面的释放后支持的必要性，并表明这种支持也应扩大到错误指控的受害者。
BackgroundWrongful criminal conviction can significantly impair the mental health of exonerees. However, much less is known about wrongful accusation: the impact of wrongful legal allegations or investigations—absent conviction—on mental health outcomes.MethodTo address this gap, we surveyed 101 victims of the Post Office Scandal in the United Kingdom who were wrongly accused, convicted and/or investigated for financial ‘losses’ that were actually caused by software errors.ResultsMost respondents reported clinically significant post‐traumatic stress (67%) and depressive (60%) symptoms—irrespective of the outcome of their case. These results suggest that both wrongful accusation and wrongful conviction can significantly impair mental health.ConclusionOur findings have important implications for victims of the Post Office Scandal and highlight the unique needs of people impacted by flawed convictions and flawed legal accusations. Our findings underscore the need to provide exonerees with holistic postrelease support and demonstrate that this support should also be extended to victims of wrongful accusation.
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发表时间：
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发表时间：
2016
期刊：
Children & Young People Now
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作者：
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