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Interpret the effects criminal acts have on their intended victims,
and the development of laws and practices to protect victim’s rights.
Crime Effects on Victims
Crime victims suffer immediate physical or financial problems
associated with being a crime victim. However, the victimization doesn’t stop
when the actual crime is over. There are a number of after effects that crime victims suffer after the actual crime has
been committed.
• Crime victims may suffer from stress and anxiety over a long period of time.
• Many times the victim is interrogated by the police and questioned by others, family, friends, etc., in a negative manner suggesting that the victim somehow caused or did something to increase their chances of becoming a victim of crime
Crime Effects the Community• Fear of crime in areas steadily increases and
the resulting economic and social effects can span out into surrounding cities.
• Residents become more withdrawn and defensive and less committed to their communities.
• The very social fiber of the community is weakened.
• Some communities adopt neighborhood watch programs to revitalize the community or avoid its decay.
"Marsy's Law" Marsy’s Law will be the most
comprehensive Victim’s Bill of Rights in any state in the nation; indeed, in
the history of the nation. The initiative sets the standard for the rights to justice and due process for crime victims and challenges the U.S. Congress to make these rights
available to all Americans.
Under Marsy’s law, victims have the right to;
• notice of all proceedings • be present whenever the defendant
has the right to be present • be heard at critical stages … before the
defendant is released after arrest, before a plea bargain is accepted by the court, before any sentence is imposed, before there is a parole, and any time their rights are at issue.
• have their safety considered before any release decisions are made and to know when the offender is being released or has escaped
• protect their confidential records • refuse to submit to interrogations by the
defendant or his lawyer before trial • confer with the prosecutor • be free from intimidation, harassment,
or abuse, and to be treated with fairness and respect
• a speedy trial and to reasonable finality
