Impact of Crime on Victims

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Impact of Crime on Victims : 

Impact of Crime on Victims Anna M. Whalley, LCSW Deborah Davis-Williamson, LSW Shelby County Crime Victims Center 901.545.4357

Purpose : 

Purpose This module addresses the different ways crime can impact victims—physically, psychologically/emotionally, financially, and spiritually.

Learning Objectives : 

Learning Objectives Identify primary and secondary victims of crime. Recognize factors that influence a victim’s ability to cope.

Learning Objectives : 

Learning Objectives Identify symptoms of trauma. Discuss possible physical, psychological and emotional, financial, and spiritual effects of crime on victims.

Who Is Affected by Crime? : 

Who Is Affected by Crime?

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Impact of Crime

Factors that Influence Coping with the Impact of Crime : 

Factors that Influence Coping with the Impact of Crime Prior victimization increases trauma. History of mental health problems. Degree of threat to life and physical injury.

Factors that Influence Coping with the Impact of Crime : 

Factors that Influence Coping with the Impact of Crime Violent crime victims often have a more difficult time coping than property crime victims. Lack of or poor social support systems. Degree of exposure to the justice system.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs : 

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Survival Needs Oxygen Food Water Shelter Rest

Hierarchy… : 

Hierarchy… Safety and Security Lack of threats Law Community stability

Hierarchy… : 

Hierarchy… Cognitive Functioning Maintain every day life Establish daily goals Plan

Hierarchy… : 

Hierarchy… Self Esteem and Meaning Internal values Cultural norms Belongingness Adequacy

Hierarchy… : 

Hierarchy… Self Actualization Peak performance Episodic “Bliss”

External Factors : 

External Factors Visual perceptions are critical to the formation of a narrative.

External Factors : 

External Factors Proximity to the trauma effects memory

Chronology of Event : 

Chronology of Event Vital to integration of the experience

Low Point Traumas : 

Low Point Traumas Clear ending to the traumatic event.

No Low Point Trauma : 

No Low Point Trauma Victimization may be ongoing.

Physical Crisis Response : 

Physical Crisis Response Frozen Fright

Physical : 

Physical Mobilization

Physical : 

Physical Exhaustion

The Mind’s Response : 

The Mind’s Response Shock Disbelief Denial

Mind… : 

Mind… Regression

Mind… : 

Mind… Cataclysm of Emotion

Emotions : 

Emotions Fear and Terror

Emotions : 

Emotions Anger, Fury and Outrage

Emotions : 

Emotions Confusion and Frustration

Emotions : 

Emotions Guilt or Self Blame

Emotions : 

Emotions Shame or Humiliation

Emotions : 

Emotions Grief or Sorrow

Emotions : 

Emotions Disenfranchised Grief

Emotions : 

Emotions Reconstruction of Equilibrium

A Play in One Short Act : 

A Play in One Short Act

Secondary Victimization : 

Secondary Victimization Law Enforcement Prosecutor Victim/Witness

Secondary Victimization : 

Secondary Victimization Family and Friends

Secondary Victimization : 

Secondary Victimization Media

Survival Strategies : 

Survival Strategies “Survival strategies are specific stress responses which include specific adaptive and maladaptive biological, psychological and social constituents.”

Survival Strategies : 

Survival Strategies Rescuing Attaching Asserting Adapting Fighting Fleeing Competing Cooperating Valent, Paul. “From Survival to Fulfillment: a framework for the life-trauma dialectic”

Rescuing… : 

Rescuing… Must rescue others.

Attaching… : 

Attaching… Must be rescued by others.

Asserting… : 

Asserting… Must achieve goals.

Adapting… : 

Adapting… Must surrender goals.

Fighting… : 

Fighting… Must remove danger.

Fleeing : 

Fleeing Must move from danger.

Competing… : 

Competing… Must obtain scarce essentials.

Cooperating… : 

Cooperating… Must create scarce essentials.

Warning Signs of Trauma-Related Stress : 

Warning Signs of Trauma-Related Stress Recurring thoughts or nightmares about the event. Having trouble sleeping or changes in appetite.

Warning Signs… : 

Warning Signs… Being on edge, being easily startled, or becoming overly alert. Feeling depressed, sad and having low energy.

Warning Signs… : 

Warning Signs… Memory problems. Feeling scattered and unable to focus. Having difficulty making decisions. Feeling irritable, angry or resentful.

Warning Signs… : 

Warning Signs… Feeling numb and disconnected from others. Feeling a sense of despair and hopelessness.

Warning Signs… : 

Warning Signs… Feeling extremely protective of, or fearful for the safety of loved ones. Not being able to face certain aspects of the trauma.

Warning Signs… Physical : 

Warning Signs… Physical Eating disturbance Sleep disturbance Sexual dysfunction Low Energy Chronic, unexplained pain

Warning Signs… Numbing : 

Warning Signs… Numbing Amnesia Detachment Altered sense of time Avoidance of situations related to the trauma

Physical, Psychological/ Emotional, Financial, and Spiritual Impact of Crime

What Crime Victims Need… : 

What Crime Victims Need… To feel relatively safe Edward L.Smookler, PhD

What They Need… : 

What They Need… To know that you will respect their boundaries

What They Need… : 

What They Need… To know that they can leave if they want to

What They Need… : 

What They Need… To know that they will not be touched if they do not want to be touched

What They Need… : 

What They Need… To talk and be listened to

What They Need… : 

What They Need… To be left alone

Procedures and Processes : 

Procedures and Processes Begin simply.

Procedures… : 

Procedures… Let the victim lead.

Procedures… : 

Procedures… With permission, ask questions.

Procedures… : 

Procedures… Create space for discussion.

Beware- The Silencing Response : 

Beware- The Silencing Response This will hurt the client or me. This cannot be true. If this happened to you, it could happen to me. Anna Baranowsky, 1997

Goals of Post-trauma Counseling : 

Goals of Post-trauma Counseling Reduce Stress Identification of feelings and reactions Integrating trauma into life story Relieve stress symptoms

Goals… : 

Goals… Enhance adaptive capacity Daily functioning Healthy lifestyle Social support systems Growth opportunities

Thank you! : 

Thank you! See you again in the morning. Deborah and Anna