Victim Population Analysis

Working with the population for which you were approved in formulating the bibliography in Module 1, follow the general guidelines for your Victim Population Analysis paper outlined below.

Tasks:

Read the research literature related to your chosen victim population. Consider the specific aspects that you will cover in your final paper (i.e., trauma, demographics, interaction with criminal justice system, victims’ rights, assessment, evaluation, and treatment). Using the research literature and specifically empirical studies, write a 12- to 14-page paper addressing the following:

Describe the theoretical and empirical knowledge about psychological trauma and the impact of victimization within this population.
Identify and evaluate commonalities and differences in demographic variables and psychological profiles between subtypes of victims that may present in this population.
Compare and contrast empirical research findings related to the assessment and evaluation of victims in this population.
Compare and contrast empirical research findings related to treatment for victims in this population.
Define and analyze the role and impact of the criminal justice system on victims within this population.
Define and analyze the role and impact of past and current legal rights on victims within this population.
Cite the references appropriately.

Your paper should rely upon scholarly resources from the professional literature. The literature may include the Argosy University online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, and .gov).

Please be sure that every question is answered. Please be sure to actually make a diagnosis and I am going to include the paper that was done in week 1 assignment. Hopefully I will get a better grade than what I have gotten in the past. I am looking for your best quality work this week.

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1.0 Introduction

Psychologically, humans are created to adapt to the environment they are exposed to, the environmental change affects the behavioral change of an individual as they tend to adapt to the environment and social behavior change. Exposure to extreme events that the mind is unable to cope with may lead to accumulation of stress that leads inability to cope with. As a result, stress may lead to damage of the mind causing psychological trauma. Psychological trauma is highly caused by continuous distressing events that may take a long period of time as the patient tries to cope with, as a result, these may lead to serious consequences in the future. Psychological trauma victim reacts differently according to their experiences. Victims may not react the same to the event immediately but the event may affect the victim later in life which leads to posttraumatic disorder.

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