FAV Research and Insights

Violent victimization is known to have consequences on victims’ lives, including negatively impacting their social and emotional well-being. (See Socio-Emotional Impact of Violent Crime, NCJ 247076, BJS, September 2014.) In the National Crime Victimization Survey, socio-emotional consequences of crime include moderate to severe emotional distress, significant problems with friends or family, and significant problems with one's job or schoolwork. Victimizations reflect the total number of times that persons were victims of crime.

Key Findings

In 2022:

• Nearly half of all violent victimizations (47%) resulted in moderate to severe distress to the victim (figure 1). About 22% of violent victimizations resulted in the victim experiencing significant problems with family or friends, and 18% caused significant problems with their job or schoolwork. 
• More than half of rape or sexual assault (63%), robbery (59%), and aggravated assault (52%) victimizations resulted in moderate to severe distress to the victim, compared to less than half of simple assault (40%) victimizations. 
• The victim reported significant problems with family or friends following 18% of simple assault victimizations, which was lower than the percentages for rape or sexual assault (34%), robbery (30%), and aggravated assault victimizations (26%).
• The victim reported significant problems with their job or schoolwork after 13% of robbery victimizations and 15% of simple assault victimizations, both lower than the percentages reported after rape or sexual assault (29%) and aggravated assault (22%) victimizations.

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https://bjs.ojp.gov/socio-emotional-consequences-violent-crime-2022