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victim services  

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  • Survivors of crime may experience depression, anxiety, sleep and eating disorders, substance abuse, suicidal ideation, self-blame and posttraumatic stress disorder. To address their needs, crime victims assistance programs, rape crisis centers, and battered women's shelters have been in existence since the 1970s. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity; Victim Services]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-GV3VH65S-7

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