ESSAY TOPIC-
Discuss the psychological impact of criminal victimization and the existence of secondary victimization by the criminal justice system
1. Victimization
a. Define victimization
b. Describe the types of damage [physical versus psychological]
c. Describe the various contexts [stranger, interpersonal, intrapersonal, etc]
d. Explain single versus multiple victimizations versus long term
2. Explain the impact of victimization - physical and psychological [eg PTSD]
3. Psychological interventions with victims
4. Legal interventions with victims
a. Psychological consequences of court cases [secondary victimization] - for example the psychological trauma of being cross examined in sexual assault or rape cases
b. Psychological [possible positive] consequences of legal procedures
i. Impact statements
ii. Restorative justice [including victim-offender mediation]
iii. Other [innovations]