Have you ever been the victim of a crime? If so, how did you cope?
Physical, Spiritual, Emotional, and Financial Impact of Crime
Victims may face a wide range of immediate, short-term, and long-term reactions in the aftermath of crime. Every crime victim is unique. Individual trauma is affected by previctimization and postvictimization factors related to individual experiences, degree of personal and social support, resiliency, and exposure to supportive services.
Brief summaries of the physical, spiritual, emotional/psychological, and financial impacts of crime are shown in Exhibits VI-1 and VI-2, which provide an overview of the range of possible reactions that victims may experience.
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article courtesy of Elev8.com
