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Secondary Victimization of Crime Victims by Criminal Proceedings

Social Justice Research, 2002
It is conceivable that criminal proceedings cause psychological harm to the crime victims involved, that is, cause secondary victimization. To investigate this hypothesis, negative and positive effects of criminal proceedings were investigated, as perceived by 137 victims of violent crimes who were involved in trials several years previously.
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Childhood Victimization and Crime Victimization

Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2010
The purpose of this study is to determine whether abused and neglected children are at increased risk for subsequent crime victimization. We ask four basic questions: (a) Does a history of child abuse/neglect increase one’s risk of physical, sexual, and property crime victimization?
Jared Kean, McIntyre, Cathy Spatz, Widom
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Resilience and crime victimization

Journal of Traumatic Stress, 2010
AbstractWhat do we know about resilience in crime victimization? In this article, the authors discuss resilience defined as protective factors (e.g., personality characteristics, biological characteristics, social and cultural factors, and community characteristics); as a process of adaptation (e.g., self‐enhancement, positive cognitive appraisals ...
Mary Ann, Dutton, Rebecca, Greene
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Victimization and Fear of Crime

Violence and Victims, 1996
Victimization has generally been associated with increased fear of crime. Analysis of two very large victimization surveys completed in the Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, explores the ways in which age and gender condition the experience of different types of victimization.
M, Weinrath, J, Gartrell
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Real crime, real victims: environmental crime victims and the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA)

Crime, Law and Social Change, 2012
The Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA) was signed into U.S. federal law in 2004 with the expressed purpose of empowering crime victims, expanding the role of the victim in federal criminal prosecutions, and providing more clearly defined roles for victims in court proceedings. As environmental crime cases have progressed through the federal court system,
Melissa L. Jarrell, Joshua Ozymy
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Crime Victims

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 2007
Assessment of perceived social support and received social support available to victims of violent and non-violent crime is considered an integral function of the ensuing well-being for those victims. This study examines the effects of perceived and received social support on the initial levels of distress, coping strategy and subsequent well-being.
Diane L. Green, Elizabeth C. Pomeroy
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