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Victims of Crime
Eastfield College Criminal Justice Center
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Criminology
Professional
10/24/2010

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What type of response to TRAUMA is based upon our animal instincts?
Definition
Physical response
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Our physical response to trauma includes what three reactions?
Definition
1.) Physical shock;
2.) Disorientation; and
3.) Numbness (or "frozen flight")
Term
Describe a "Fight-or-Flight" reaction:
Definition
1.) Adrenaline begins to pump through the body;
2.) the body may relieve itself of excess materials, like ingested food;
3.) Physical senses may become very acute while others "shut down";
4.) Heart rate increases;
5.) Hyperventilation, sweating, etc.
Term
What happens after extreme physical activity associated with fighting or prolonged flight?
Definition
Exhaustion
Term
Describe the 3 Stages of Physical Response?
Definition
Stage One - Shock, Disbelief & Denial
Stage Two - Cataclysm of Emotions
Stage Three - Reconstruction of the equilibrium
Term
The Range of the Crisis Reaction includes:
Definition
Shock;
Depression and loneliness;
Panic;
Hostility and resentment;
Hope;
Emotion;
Physical symptoms of distress;
Guilt;
Inability to resume normal activities;
Affirming reality
Term
Trauma is accompanied by a multitude of losses:
Definition
Control over one's life;
Sense of fairness or justice;
A sense of immortality and invulnerability;
Trust in God or in other people;
Personally-significant property, self, or loved ones;
Future.
Term
CCP Art. 56.04 (c) and (d) - Victim Assistance Coordinator; Crime Victim Liaison.
Definition
(c) Each local law enforcement agency shall designate one person to serve as the agency's crime victim liaison.

(d) The duty of the crime victim liaison is to ensure that a victim, guardian of a victim, or close relative of a deceased victim is afforded the rights granted victims, guardians, or close relatives of deceased victims.
Term
CCP Art. 56.045 - Presence of Advocate or Representative During Forensic Medical Examination.
Definition
(a) Before conducting a forensic medical exam of a person who consents to such an exam for the collection of evidence for an alleged sexual assault, the physician or other medical services personnel conducting the examination shall offer the person the opportunity to have an advocate from a sexual assault program.
Term
Define "Close relative of a deceased victim."
Definition
means a person who was the spouse of a deceased victim at the time of the victim's death or who is a parent or adult brother, sister, or child of the deceased victim.
Term
Define "Guardian of a victim"?
Definition
means a person who is the legal guardian of the victim, whether or not the legal relationship between the guardian and victim exists because of the age of the victim or the physical or mental incompetency of the victim.
Term
A "victim" is defined as?
Definition
means a person who is the victim of the offense of sexual assault, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, trafficking of persons, or injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual or who has suffered personal injury or death as a result of the criminal conduct of another.
Term
Art. 17.29 - Accused Liberated.
Definition
(a) When the accused has given the required bond, either to the magistrate or the officer having him in custody, he shall at once be set at liberty.
b.) the law enforcement agency holding the person shall make a reasonable attempt to give personal notice of the imminent release to the victim of the alleged offense or to another person designated by the victim to receive the notice.
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