Empowering crime victims’ recovery can be done through various means such as seeking assistance from victim assistance programs¹, anti-defamation league², and witness protection³.
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Source: Conversation with Bing, 16/05/2023
(1) Coping with Crime Victimization — FBI. https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/coping-with-victimization.
(2) Victims’ experiences in the criminal justice system and their recovery …. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269758013492755.
(3) Victim assistance and witness protection – United Nations Office on …. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/organized-crime/witness-protection.html.
There are several strategies that can help victims of crime recover from their experience. The FBI recommends that family and friends of a victim of crime should listen carefully, spend time with the victim, offer assistance even if they haven’t asked for help, help with everyday tasks like cleaning, cooking, caring for the family, minding the children, give them private time, and not take their anger or other feelings personally¹.
A model of victimization and recovery suggests that it is helpful to look at criminal victimization as a whole, not just the criminal event itself². A study on victims’ experiences in the criminal justice system and their recovery found that victim recovery was measured using the Modified Post-traumatic Stress Symptom Scale (MPSSS) and that how authorities treated victims was measured in terms of secondary victimization³.
I hope this helps!
Source: Conversation with Bing, 16/05/2023
(1) Coping with Crime Victimization — FBI. https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/victim-services/coping-with-victimization.
(2) 2.0 A Model of Victimization and Recovery – Working with victims of …. https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/cj-jp/victim/res-rech/p6.html.
(3) Victims’ experiences in the criminal justice system and their recovery …. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269758013492755.
