Identity theft is a new and growing form of white-collar crime. This exploratory study examined the psychological and somatic impact of identity theft and coping methods utilized by victims. Thirty-seven victims of identity theft participated in regional victim focus groups. Participants completed a victim impact questionnaire designed by the authors and the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18). The majority of participants expressed an increase in maladaptive psychological and somatic symptoms post victimization. Results on the BSI indicated that identity theft victims with unresolved cases, in contrast to those with resolved cases, were more likely to have clinically elevated scores when compared with a normative sample. Relatively similar coping mechanisms were utilized across victims. The results from this study suggest that victims of identity theft do have increased psychological and physical distress, and for those whose cases remain unresolved, distress is maintained over time.
Iron powders have been produced by the reduction of ferrous ion with borohydride and stabilized by a chromating procedure. The saturation moments is 140 to 160 emu/g. The coercivity can be controlled between 375 and 1150 Oe. Remanence is 0.45 to 0.5 for unoriented powders. The powders are fibers up to 3 μm long and 1000 Å wide consisting of agglomerated spherical crystallites 300 to 450 Å in diameter. Chemical analyses show that typical powders contain about 82–85% Fe, 2–3% B, 3% Cr, 5–6% O, and 0.2% H. The moment indicates that only 70% is metallic iron. Measurements up to 100 KG show no superparamagnetic fraction. Fe(OH)2 and FeOOH were identified by electron diffraction in some but not all the preparations. Chromating may result in the removal of some non-magnetic by-products. Following the chromating treatment, water is removed with methanol. Solvent-wet powder containing less than 0.1% water can be stored at least 3 months without loss in moment. Cured films of dispersions in a typical epoxy-type binder lose moment in an accelerated atmosphere test containing SO2 and NO2 at a rate indicating a lifetime of 10 years in a worst-case indoor ambient.
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