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| Who has more constitutional protection: the victim or the accused? |
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| True/False: No nation has a higher murder rate than the United States. |
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| Traumatic victimization destroys what two basic beliefs for the victim? |
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- Sense of trust
- Sense of control
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| Crime victims react to crisis in what 3 ways? |
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- Emotionally
- Cognitively
- Physically
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| Name some short term responses that crime victims have following a traumatic victimization. |
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- Numbing
- Shock
- Disbelief
- Denial
- Hysteria
- Yelling and/or Crying
- Helplessness
- Anger
- Fearful
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| Name some long term responses that crime victims have following a traumatic victimization. |
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- Sleep problems
- PTSD
- Flashbacks
- Nightmares
- Consideration of suicide
- Drug and/or alcohol problems
- Mood swings
- Withdrawal/Isolation
- Shame
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| True/False: Act 141 relates to what is considered to be the "Victims/Witness Bill of Rights" which was put into South Carolina Code in 1984 |
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