Consequences of Crime Flashcards
What are the consequences of crime?
Physical
Emotional
Economic
what are the physical impacts on victims?
Can have injuries that take time to heal or can have lifetime injuries
What are the emotional impacts on victims?
Victim scared of being victim of crime again, Scared to leave house, Scared to be alone,
Angry towards perpetrator,
May have PTSD depending on severity
What are the economic(financial) impacts on victims?
May have to take time off work to recover
Medical bills
Replace stolen items/repairs
Therapist payments
What are the physical impacts on perpetrators?
Injuries from committing the crime
Scars
What are the emotional impacts on perpetrators?
Loss of family and friends support
Mental health issues
Public embarrassment
What are the economic impacts on perpetrators?
Debt
Homeless
Unemployed
What are economic impacts on families of victims?
May suffer financially if they lose that persons income
What are economic impacts on perpetrators families?
Person who is in prison may have been working and providing money to the family
What is the emotional impact on victims families?
May need to spend a lot of time with the victim
Care for victim physically and mentally which can be stressful
If victim was died the family would suffer the loss
What is the emotional impact on perpetrators families?
Ashamed or embarrassed by what their family member has done
May lose contact with family and friends and become isolated
What are the physical impacts on communities?
Many people leave the area
People lose respect for area
Broken windows theory which encourages more crime
Vandalism makes area dirty
What are the social impacts on communities?
Drug abuse which increases theft
Damages community spirit
Afraid to go out alone
No interaction with neighbours
What are the economic impacts on communities?
House prices decrease
Not a nice area to live in
Businesses close
Unemployment increases
What are the physical impacts on society?
People are more at risk of getting hurt when they go out
