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]