SOCL 4461 Chapter : Ch 3
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The ncvs estimates 25 million victimizations occur annually in the u. s: economic costs, taken together, property and productivity losses run in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Individual costs: victims may suffer losses in earning and occupational attainment. Suffering stress: victims may suffer stress and anxiety long after the incident, ptsd (post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition whose symptoms include depression, anxiety, and self- destructive behavior, adolescent stress, running away, suicide, eating disorders. Fear: fundamental life change, view world more suspiciously. Vicarious fear: those who observe or are exposed to violence on a routine basis become fearful. Bjs criminal victimization, 2015 (read for homework: no significant change in the violent crime rate, no significant change in the percent of violent crimes reported to police, the rate of property crime decreased. 98% of the population 12 and older experienced at least one violent victimization.
