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In the aftermath: Listening to people bereaved by homicide
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In this article, the authors present some of the key findings from a study of bereavement by homicide, based on interviews with bereaved people and personnel from Victim Support, the probation service, and the police.Abstract:
This article presents some of the key findings from a study of bereavement by homicide, based on interviews with bereaved people and personnel from Victim Support, the probation service, the police...read more
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Co-victims of Homicide: A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Jennifer Connolly,Ronit Gordon +1 more
TL;DR: This systematic literature review examines the effects of homicide on surviving family members, the “co-victims” or “survivors” of homicide, and examines coping strategies used by survivors to deal with their grief.
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Sense-making and secondary victimization among unsolved homicide co-victims
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study examined how perceived communication with the criminal justice system can inhibit sense-making among unsolved homicide co-victims, and found that race and ethnicity play a role in reducing sense making because constructions of meaning were based on perceptions of discrimination.
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I’m Still Left Here With the Pain Exploring the Health Consequences of Homicide on Families and Friends
Jeanna M. Mastrocinque,Jed Metzger,Jody Lyneé Madeira,Kay Lang,Heather Pruss,Peter K. Navratil,Marla Sandys,Catherine Cerulli +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the families and friends of homicide victims left in the wake of the tragedy have been studied, namely, the aftermath of the homicide and the families' reactions to the tragedy.
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Interviewing women bereaved by homicide Reports of secondary victimization by the criminal justice system
TL;DR: Secondary victimization occurs when victims of crime feel they have been subjected to inadequate, insensitive or inappropriate treatment, attitudes, behaviour, responses and/or practices by criminologists.
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Trauma and bereavement: examining the impact of sudden and violent deaths.
Stacey Kaltman,George A. Bonanno +1 more
TL;DR: This investigation suggests that violent death results in development of PTSD symptoms over and above the normal grief response and thus, may contribute to a more severe grief response.
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Homicide as a risk factor for PTSD among surviving family members
TL;DR: Survivors of criminal and vehicular homicide victims were equally likely to develop PTSD, and survivors who experienced the homicide during their childhood, adolescence, or adulthood showed equal likelihood of PTSD.
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After Homicide: Practical and Political Responses to Bereavement
TL;DR: The Moral Economy of the Homicide Survivor: From Compassionate Friends to Parents of Murdered Children as mentioned in this paper is a good starting point for a discussion of the moral economy of the homicide survivor.
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Homicide: The hidden victims: A guide for professionals.
TL;DR: The Dynamics of Murder Traumatic Grief A New Model Murder and the Family System Circumstantial Influences Death Notification The Long-term Impact Interventions and Advocacy Justice for All Do Co-Victims Have Legal Rights? Facing the Media Reconstructing a New Life Endings and Beginnings as discussed by the authors
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Spoiled Memories: Problems of Grief Resolution in Families Bereaved through Murder
TL;DR: This article explored a number of factors which delay opportunities for 'normal' grieving in families bereaved by murder or manslaughter, and found that stress arising from a child's death appears to be increased by the stigma of murder and by criminal proceedings which sometimes eclipse the anguish of bereaved family members.