The Impact of Victimisation

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The Impact of Victimisation
Crime may have a serious physical or emotional impact on its victim, e.g. feelings of helplessness, increased security-consciousness, difficulties in social functioning
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Crime may also create 'indirect' victims, e.g. friends, relatives and witnesses
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Hate crimes against minorities may create 'waves of harm' that radiate out to intimidate whole communities, not just the primary victim
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Secondary victimisation: in addition to the impact of the crime itself, individuals may suffer further victimisation in the CJS, e.g. **** victims
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Crime may create fear of becoming a victim even if such fears are irrational; e.g. women are more afraid of going out for fear of attack, yet young men are more likely to be victims of violence
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Evaluation
Feminists attack the emphasis on 'fear of crime' for focusing on women's passivity when we should focus on their safety - the structural threat of patriarchal violence that they face
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