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Article: Focusing on what's vital for victims: criminal victimization has a widespread impact, requiring extra attention and effective response strategies by agencies.
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- Law Enforcement Technology
- Article date:
- June 1, 2008
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The significance and impact of criminal victimization has, in recent decades, elicited a notable change in focus and attention within the criminal justice system. Both increased awareness and knowledge of how crime affects victims' lives have produced a response that was historically nonexistent or, at best, limited. Professionals in the law enforcement arena today are more adept at responding to the specific needs of victims.
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Assistant Chief Earl Paysinger, of the Los Angeles (California) Police Department has been in the crime-fighting business for 32 years. He understands the need for police departments to have a vested interest in ...