title: Victims of crime as victims of disaster.
abstract: The gross disparity between the routine attention paid to criminals and that paid to their victims led to the proposition that victims of major crime be treated as victims of disaster. The fresh appraisal might provide the impetus for appropriate services for them as a matter of social policy.
authors.affiliation: Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence