CJA 354 Victims and Crime Evaluation Paper

Criminal Law/CJA/354

An alarming amount of innocent people become victims of crime every year, and the victim's rights are every bit as important as the offender's rights. There are certain tendencies that appear within patterns of crime and victimization, such as adolescents are most likely to be victimized, men become crime victims more often than women, and African Americans experience more crime than other racial groups (Newmark, 2008).

Victims of crime suffer from physical, emotional, psychological, and financial issues.

Some of the issues victims of crime face are physical injury, fear for personal safety, medical expenses, counseling expenses, feelings of fear, grief, shame, and anger, and lost income. Victims of crime needing assistance...