Impact of Crime on Victims

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• Impact of Crime on Victims

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Objectives

• Recognize the impact of crime on victims.
• Recognize the characteristics, needs and
  interests of victims from positions of
  empowerment and disempowerment.
• Understand how the criminal justice system may
  serve victims of crime differently, depending
  upon their status in society.

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Objectives (continued)

• Explain how the criminal justice system can
  negatively impact victims.
• Identify the common expectations of victims
  toward the criminal justice system.
• Describe appropriate and effective ways to
  communicate, work and connect with victims of
  crime.

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Exploring the Victim Experience

• Construct the history of the character
• Empowered
• Disempowered
• How does the system respond differently?

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Why We Should Be Concerned

• Increase the possibility of an appropriate
  response to victims
• Better hold the offender accountable
• Increase victim cooperation

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• Improve victim and community perception of the
  criminal justice system
• Decrease potential for secondary trauma
• Increase effectiveness of victim input

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Criminal Justice System Stressors

• Looking at defendant in courtroom
• Thinking about details of crime when testifying
• Confronting stimuli related to crime

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• Not understanding the system and what is
  happening
• Wondering if theyll be believed/taken seriously
• Concern for personal safety

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How to Help a Person in Crisis

• Develop a relationship
• Boil down the problem
• Encourage action