CRJU 4430 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Victimology, Social Stigma
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Impact of financial crime: (more) costs of victimization: Financial- loss of house, car, savings, inheritance, college funds; debt/ bankruptcy. Mental, emotional, and social- anger and depression; loss of trust; substance abuse, suicide, divorce; dependence on others. Physical- high blood pressure, heart problems, strokes, sleep problems, weight problems, etc. Second insult- system participation: feeling re-victimized by the criminal justice system. Lack of sensitivity for victims (they are evidence before they are people; the goal of the system is to close cases by investigating and finding facts which can appear insensitive to the needs of the victim). Lack of information about the process (no updates to the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373) a(cid:271)out (cid:862)their (cid:272)ase(cid:863)(cid:895). Ti(cid:373)e i(cid:374)te(cid:374)si(cid:448)e (cid:894)lo(cid:374)g (cid:449)aits at (cid:272)ourt house to testify, i(cid:374)se(cid:374)siti(cid:448)e to the (cid:448)i(cid:272)ti(cid:373)"s life schedules, etc. The crime victim"s decision making process: (short answer question material) Is there a victim (how similar is the event to the victim"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374)(cid:895).
