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Crime. --- Victims of crimes. --- Victims of crimes

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This report is on the survey of residents in three city police precincts, on their experience as crime victims, contacts with criminal justice agencies, and fear of harm from violent crime. It was found that the incidence of crime in these communities was several times the magnitude indicated by police reports. Several hypotheses are offered to explain this phenomenon. The data also indicated that the residents were extremely fearful of victimization and that these fears had marked effects on their lives staying home at night, not venturing into parks, installing stouter locks, and moving to better neighborhoods. The respondents were also found to substantially rely on the police and to have considerable goodwill toward them.

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Victim status and gender Development and implementation of victim assistance in Switzerland In Switzerland, the Victim of Crime Act (VCA; Opferhilfegesetz, OHG), in place since 1993, guarantees free legal, medical, psychological and social counselling, as well as some financial compensation for victims of violence. Although female and male persons are affected by violence to a comparable extent, male victims of violence are clearly underrepresented in victim support. How can this difference be explained? Do experiences of violence make women victims and not men? The author explores these questions. She reconstructs the emergence and implementation of state victim assistance in Switzerland from 1978-­-2011, working out how victim status is created in a process of social negotiation and what gender-­- cultural practices are involved. The study offers broad insights into the nationwide political and media discourse surrounding the creation and design of the VCA as well as comparative case analyses of the implementation of the VCA in the cantons of Basel-­-Stadt/Basel-­-Landschaft and Bern.

Women --- Victims of crimes. --- Crimes Against.