CONCLUSION
This article used survey data collected through the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2010 General Social Survey to explore the relationship between self-reported disability due to a mental health condition and crime victimisation. Analyses of the data found that the prevalence of disability due to a mental health condition was significantly higher amongst the victim population compared to the non-victim population. Victims in nearly all sociodemographic groups were more likely to have a disability due to a mental health condition than non-victims. The only groups where there was no difference in the likelihood of having a disability due to a mental health condition between victims and non-victims were males, persons aged 49 years and over, or persons born overseas. Finally, female victims were more likely to have a disability due to a mental health condition than male victims, as were unmarried victims compared to married victims.
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