Mate crime victimization against individuals with intellectual disability
Purpose – Mate crime is a recently coined term in which a perpetrator befriends a vulnerable person to exploit them. The present study aims to investigate this phenomenon by examining mate crime victimization against individuals with intellectual disability in Sarawak, Malaysia. Design/methodolog...
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Emerald Publishing Limited
2025
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47278/3/Mate%20crime%20victimization%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47278/ https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/amhid-06-2024-0019/full/html https://doi.org/10.1108/AMHID-06-2024-0019 |
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| Summary: | Purpose – Mate crime is a recently coined term in which a perpetrator befriends a vulnerable person to
exploit them. The present study aims to investigate this phenomenon by examining mate crime
victimization against individuals with intellectual disability in Sarawak, Malaysia.
Design/methodology/approach – Data was collected quantitatively from 180 respondents from various
governmental and non-government organizations located in Kuching, Kota Samarahan, and Asajaya that
provide medical care, residential care, employment opportunities, basic education, rehabilitation, and
training for individuals with intellectual disability.
Findings – The results showed that majority of the respondents were females (69.4%) between 18 and
28 years old (52.8%). Additionally, most respondents were Malay (48.9%), single (94.4%), diagnosed
with mild level of intellectual disability (91.67%), have been victimized by their friends (87.2%) and have
known the perpetrators for over five years (68.3%). The result also indicated that a majority of females
have experienced mate crime victimization, especially related to emotional abuse [(M ¼ 16.15, SD ¼
8.16); t(34) ¼ 3.09, p ¼ 0.020] and sexual abuse [(M ¼ 14.01, SD ¼ 7.67); t(38) ¼ 3.29, p ¼ 0.040]. |
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