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  2. Right to truth - Wikipedia

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    Right to truth is the right, in the case of grave violations of human rights, for the victims and their families or societies to have access to the truth of what happened. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The right to truth is closely related to, but distinct from, the state obligation to investigate and prosecute serious state violations of human rights.

  3. Victim mentality - Wikipedia

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    Victim mentality can be developed from abuse and situations during childhood through adulthood. Similarly, criminals often engage in victim thinking, believing themselves to be moral and engaging in crime only as a reaction to an immoral world and furthermore feeling that authorities are unfairly singling them out for persecution. [4]

  4. Victims' rights - Wikipedia

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    Victims also have the right to oppose a judge in their decision on a request for dismissal and may engage their own counsel if necessary. [87] Victims who have died as a result of a crime may have their rights exercised by close relatives of the victim. [88] Victims are entitled to compensation depending on the nature and severity of the crime.

  5. Victimology - Wikipedia

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    Victimology is the study of victimization, including the psychological effects on victims, the relationship between victims and offenders, the interactions between victims and the criminal justice system—that is, the police and courts, and corrections officials—and the connections between victims and other social groups and institutions, such as the media, businesses, and social movements.

  6. Non-fatal offences against the person in English law - Wikipedia

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    The actus reus, endorsed in R v Ireland, [c 2] is any act by D that causes V to apprehend immediate and unlawful personal violence. [10] The term "force" rather than "violence" is used by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). [8] As a definition, this has proven stable, but its interpretation has varied. [7]

  7. Causation (law) - Wikipedia

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    A risk theory is not strictly a theory built on notions of cause at all, as, by definition, the person who caused the injury could not be ascertained for certain. However, it does show that legal notions of causation are a complex mixture of factual causes and ideas of public policy relating to the availability of legal remedies.

  8. Trauma-informed care - Wikipedia

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    [18] [4] [19] [20] TIC proponents argue the concept promotes a deeper awareness of the many forms of danger and trauma, and the scope and lifetime effects exposure to danger can cause. [ 11 ] [ 9 ] The prolific use of TIC may be evidence it is a practical and useful framework, concept, model, or set of strategies for helping-professionals.

  9. Stonehearst Asylum - Wikipedia

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    Newgate becomes infatuated with Graves, who is a patient at Stonehearst. During the Christmas Eve feast, Newgate and Finn argue and, as a truce, Finn proposes a toast. Before Newgate can drink it, Graves causes him to spill his drink and quietly insists that he flee the asylum, but Newgate refuses to leave without her.