No one wakes up one morning and plans to be the victim of a crime, and no one plans to avoid it. You cannot see into the future and see which day you will be raped, robbed or assaulted and plan ahead to avoid it. Walking around day to day you do not know if and why you will be a victim. There are some factors though to victims, like from the clothes you wear to where you live. For example if you live in a nice wealthy house you are more likely to get robbed.
When becoming a victim everything becomes more difficult and costly. Some costs include physical injury, mental health, economic costs and system costs. Physical injury can be short-lived or permanent, also female victims are more like to be injured than male. Mental health depend on biological makeup, interactional style, coping style and resources, equilibrium, context in which incident occurs and how they operate after the incident. There are three common responses to an incident, which are depression, reduction in self-esteem and anxiety. There is also PTSD and learned helplessness, which can all be solved with a shrink but hat can cost a lot of money adding up. Next are economic costs, like property losses and medical care. In 2008 the economic costs of victimization was $17.4 billion, which takes a big chunk out of society. System costs is another big chunk, the U.S. spends about $214 billion …show more content…
Recurring victimization is when a person or place is victimized more than once of any type of victimization. Recurring victimization usually occurs shortly after the initial victimization and can cause more problems for the victim rather if they only got victimized once. It can also cost more money for them and for the criminal justice system. There could be a higher chance of physical injury and mental consequences which can result in more shrink visits and more money spent. Also there would be more system costs too because the crime as
When becoming a victim everything becomes more difficult and costly. Some costs include physical injury, mental health, economic costs and system costs. Physical injury can be short-lived or permanent, also female victims are more like to be injured than male. Mental health depend on biological makeup, interactional style, coping style and resources, equilibrium, context in which incident occurs and how they operate after the incident. There are three common responses to an incident, which are depression, reduction in self-esteem and anxiety. There is also PTSD and learned helplessness, which can all be solved with a shrink but hat can cost a lot of money adding up. Next are economic costs, like property losses and medical care. In 2008 the economic costs of victimization was $17.4 billion, which takes a big chunk out of society. System costs is another big chunk, the U.S. spends about $214 billion …show more content…
Recurring victimization is when a person or place is victimized more than once of any type of victimization. Recurring victimization usually occurs shortly after the initial victimization and can cause more problems for the victim rather if they only got victimized once. It can also cost more money for them and for the criminal justice system. There could be a higher chance of physical injury and mental consequences which can result in more shrink visits and more money spent. Also there would be more system costs too because the crime as