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victim
Physical
-estimated violent crime incidents have fallen from a peak of 3.8 million in 1995 to 1.3
million according to the CSEW in March 2016
-with 55% of all VSEW violent incidents being ‘violence without injury’,
-wounding’ accounts for 20% and ‘minor injury’ accounting for 21% violent crimes.
-research shows that victims of sexual abuse and domestic assault experience linked reaction
including headaches, fatigue, stomach pains and loss of appetite after being victims of crime
(stank and Hodbell 1993,)
Emotional
-victims of property crime are more likely to think that what happened was a crime at 72%
compared to victims of violent crime at 49% and that the offender should be prosecuted in
court with 60% and 42%
whereas victims of violent crime are more likely than victims of property crime to experience
strong negative emotions like shock at 30% and 16% and fear 26% and 5%
-amongst victims of poroperry crime, the most commonly experienced emotion is annoyance
at 61%, followed by anger at 54%.
-similarity, victims of violent crime most commonly feel anger at 54% and annoyance at 37%
o However, victims of violent crime were more likely than victims of property crime to
experience strong negative emotions, for example, shock (30% compared to 16%);
fear (26% compared to 5%); loss of confidence (16% compared to 5%); anxiety
and/or panic attacks (16% compared to 4%) (SCJS 2014/2015)
o in England and Wales, figures show that the more violent the crime, the more likely
the victim is to be emotionally affected. Where the victim is actually injured the
emotional effect rises further again. Over 80% of victims injured during violent crime
reported being emotionally affected. A third of assault victims who suffered minor
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