victimcare deliver this kind of service in a patient, client-centred way so that everybody involved feels that they are receiving support at a very focused, special and personal level which is ‘just for them’.
One to one counselling, at widely varying frequencies, can last from months to years.
Criminology has been fully researched, understood and its finding applied widely in Penal Reform, Universities, Social Studies and Social Services since 1874.
Conversely, victimology is a newer science; only recognized and endorsed as a worthy science by the United Nations in 2001. To date, victimizations’ negative impact and adverse affects on society remains, largely, unknown and unquantified!
Victims often complain that they are forced to suffer ‘secondary victimization’ from neighbours and work colleagues through society’s ignorance about how best to support families bereaved through murder.
Most victims claim they feel stigmatisation and marginalization from social inclusion because of their victimization and the public’s lack of understanding about it.
Crime and victimization destroys more than its victims’ sense of security. It also destroys families’, neighbourhoods’ and communities’ senses of security.
Criminal victimization forever shatters a victims’ previously held beliefs in social safety.
Victimization inhibits a victims’ sense of self-esteem, drive, creativity, independence and confidence.
Most GPs over-prescribe long-term drug treatments to victims as a remedy to victimization, instead of providing a more effective timely counselling programme to rehabilitate victims back into work.
The Government’s manifesto includes, “putting the victim at the centre of the
Criminal Justice System.”
- Recent studies identified that victims of burglary, robbery or grievous bodily harm will probably lose 10 years of their average life expectancy.
- There are approximately 1000 reported cases of homicide in the UK each year.
- Approximately 70% of marriages and family dynamics will disintegrate, or break up, as a direct result of losing a loved-one to murder.
- US Statistics state, “For every confirmed victim of homicide, approximately 3000 people’s lives, associated with the victim either closely or remotely, are adversely affected and traumatized.”
- 30% of those bereaved through homicide seriously consider suicide within 3 months of the tragedy.
- 26% of victims experience re-victimization.
- 76% of the UK population expects to become a victim at some time in their life.
- 58% of serious crime victims may never work again unless employers learn to manage a victims’ rehabilitation; thereby retaining good staff.
- US statistics state that 15.9% of all violent crimes occurred whilst working or on duty.
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