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Totally agree. Vengeance sounds great until you get it - and you realize you still have the same problems, and maybe a few new ones. Perhaps like rehabilitati

by cbanek 9y ago

Totally agree. Vengeance sounds great until you get it - and you realize you still have the same problems, and maybe a few new ones. Perhaps like rehabilitating offenders, we also need to rehabilitate victims as well. Being a victim can be as troubling than being an offender because it's not really in your control. This can really be hard on people, especially mental health, PTSD, anxiety, fear of people, etc. I'm not even sure such a system exists - it seems like the victim would be on their own for finding care and help with that?

tripzilch 9y ago
In the Netherlands there is a program for exactly that, "slachtofferhulp" ("victim help"). I'm not entirely sure what it entails, but I've been offered it even after merely witnessing the shop on the corner of my street being robbed from a distance (the thief ran past me just as I stepped outside my house, so I made a statement to the police). Well okay he did threaten me, raising the knife while saying "don't even think about it" [standing in his way/stopping him]. But he didn't come at me, and I was certain I could have outrun him if he did (by running towards the shop, which he was focused on getting away from, after all), I remained at distance. Of course, this being the Netherlands, there was about zero risk the guy would pull a gun (especially after brandishing a rather cheap looking chef's knife).