Chapter 3: Consequences of Victimization Flashcards
Conquences of Victimization
-physical injury
-Mental Health Conquences and Costs
-PTSD
-Self Blame, Learned Helplessness and the brain
-Economic costs
-Direct property losses
-Medical care
-mental Health care costs
-loss in productivity
-Pain Suffering and lost quality of life
-System cost
-Vicarious Victimization
-Reporting
-Fear of crime
Physical injuries
-bruises, soreness,scratches,cuts,broke bones, contacted diseases or stab or gunshot wound, death
Mental Health consequences and costs
-depression
-Self worth
-self esteem
-anxiety
PTSD
-patterned response to trauma
Self Blame, learned helplessness and the brain
-Self blame = Characterological self blame
-Behavioral self blame
-learned helplessness: becoming passive and numb
Economic losses
-victim and public
-property losses
-Medical care
-time lost from work, school. and housework
-legal costs
Direct Property losses
-The value of the property is damaged, taken, or not recovered and insurance claims and administration costs are considered
Medical care
-transporting the victim
-doctor care
-prescription drugs
-allied health services
-medical devices
-coroner payments
-insurance payments
Loss in productivity
May experiences an inability to work at their place of employments, complete housework or attend school
System costs
-law enforcement
-the courts
-corrections
Vicarious Victimization
The effect one person’s victimization has on others
Fear of crime
-Incivilities: low levels of breaches of community standards that indicate erosion of conventionally accepted norms and values.
-Physical incivilities: litter, trash, untended property
-social incivilities: untended people or behaviors (rowdy youth, loiterers and people drinking
-avoidance behaviors
-Defensive behaviors or protective behaviors
