A serious side effect of criminal justice systems, can be the secondary-victimisation caused on a victim, especially when not given the same rights as the defendant, partially in a violent crime cases. This paper discusses and evaluates the various issues surrounding secondary-victimisation on victims, in the court system. This paper focus on the victims of violent crime in the criminal justice system and whether victims be given more say in handling of the cases and should they be given the same rights as defendant. This paper is divided into sections, firstly looking at definitions of secondary victimisation and violent crime, followed by the rights of the victims are currently afforded to them by the criminal justice system, the psychological
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In a study of mental health professional by Campbell & Raja in 1999, found that 81% of the participants believed that commerce with the justice system can be psychologically harmful for rape victims. Shapland and her colleagues (1985) looked at the passage of victims of violence through the criminal justice system, they reported a crumbling satisfaction with the police responses, an appetite for information and control in relation to their cases, and yearning for symbolic recognition and acknowledgment. It was also found that victims felt as if they were the wrongdoer after cross-examination in court. Secondary Victimisation can affect a persons’ psychological well-being and also their mental state as they are put through the ringer a second time due to the criminal justice …show more content…
To date, there have been very little research into whether criminal proceedings have psychological effects, however if these criminal proceedings cause harm psychological harm to the victims involved then this is a serious undesirable effect of the criminal justice system. Although there are limited knowledge on the psychological effects of secondary victimisation there can be assumptions made on what causes the psychological damage. Regardless of knowledge, many survivors with the legal system, medical professional and several communities highlight that victims lack support services and are treated negatively (Campbell, 2005). Victims suffer originally suffer a variety of psychological, physiological, emotional and behavioural symptoms after the initial incident or offence. As the victims struggle to cope with these consequences of the traumatic event, they are then put through the ringer with the criminal justice system, causing more psychological harm to the victims involved (Gekoski, Adler & Gray, 2013). Secondary Victimisation could cause more undue harm to a victim especially negativity influence other psychological variable on top of all psychological caused by the traumatic event. In Tyler and Smith (1998) they pointed out several effects including negative effects
In a study of mental health professional by Campbell & Raja in 1999, found that 81% of the participants believed that commerce with the justice system can be psychologically harmful for rape victims. Shapland and her colleagues (1985) looked at the passage of victims of violence through the criminal justice system, they reported a crumbling satisfaction with the police responses, an appetite for information and control in relation to their cases, and yearning for symbolic recognition and acknowledgment. It was also found that victims felt as if they were the wrongdoer after cross-examination in court. Secondary Victimisation can affect a persons’ psychological well-being and also their mental state as they are put through the ringer a second time due to the criminal justice …show more content…
To date, there have been very little research into whether criminal proceedings have psychological effects, however if these criminal proceedings cause harm psychological harm to the victims involved then this is a serious undesirable effect of the criminal justice system. Although there are limited knowledge on the psychological effects of secondary victimisation there can be assumptions made on what causes the psychological damage. Regardless of knowledge, many survivors with the legal system, medical professional and several communities highlight that victims lack support services and are treated negatively (Campbell, 2005). Victims suffer originally suffer a variety of psychological, physiological, emotional and behavioural symptoms after the initial incident or offence. As the victims struggle to cope with these consequences of the traumatic event, they are then put through the ringer with the criminal justice system, causing more psychological harm to the victims involved (Gekoski, Adler & Gray, 2013). Secondary Victimisation could cause more undue harm to a victim especially negativity influence other psychological variable on top of all psychological caused by the traumatic event. In Tyler and Smith (1998) they pointed out several effects including negative effects