Victim Anger
Definition
Anger directed at the offender, the justice system or bystanders, at least as common as fear after victimisation and often renewed by the justice process itself.
Related terms
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- A trauma-related disorder diagnosed when intrusion, avoidance, negative mood and arousal symptoms appear within a month of a traumatic event and last...
- Direct Financial Loss
- Cost caused immediately by the offence itself, such as stolen property value, property damage or medical bills for a physical injury.
- Indirect Economic Cost
- Cost that follows from the offence rather than being the offence's direct object, such as lost wages, counselling fees or relocation expenses.
- Just-World Hypothesis
- Melvin Lerner's finding that people tend to believe the world is fundamentally fair, which can lead observers to blame a victim for...
- Post-Traumatic Growth
- Positive psychological change reported by some survivors as a result of struggling with a highly challenging event, alongside, not instead of, ongoing...
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- A recognised psychological disorder that can follow exposure to traumatic events including criminal victimisation. Diagnostic criteria include intrusive re-experiencing, avoidance, negative mood...
- Resilience
- A stable trajectory of relatively low psychological disturbance in the months after a traumatic event, without a period of clinical disorder; the...