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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > victimology > victimology and crime prevention > services and treatment for victims > victim support groups

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victim support groups  

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  • Victim support groups provide victims of crime with various forms of emotional, physical, and practical aid. With the rise of the victims' rights movement, society has become more aware of the devastation that occurs to the victim of a crime and the intervention that must occur to repair and reintegrate the victim's sense of being. [Source: Encyclopedia of Victimology and Crime Prevention; Victim Support Groups]

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