In terms of the monetary cost of violent crime to society, there was a total economic loss of $1.1 billion in 2004 (NCVRW, 2007). If one was to consider the total victim compensation payments, fifty-three percent of the total goes towards medical expenses; nineteen percent of the total was economic support for the lost wages of victims and lost support in homicides. Funeral bills and mental health counseling for victims made up the remaining total for victim compensation payments in 2004 (2007).
[...] Victims of violent crimes In terms of the monetary cost of violent crime to society, there was a total economic loss of $ 1.1 billion in 2004 (NCVRW, 2007). If one was to consider the total victim compensation payments, fifty-three percent of the total goes towards medical expenses; nineteen percent of the total was economic support for the lost wages of victims and lost support in homicides. Funeral bills and mental health counseling for victims made up the remaining total for victim compensation payments in 2004 (2007). [...]
[...] The NCVS reported that in 2002, less than forty-two percent of all crimes were reported, of those crimes, less than thirty-two percent of rape victims reported the crime to the police. There were various reasons why rape victims did not report the rape to the police; they reported it to another official ( 18.2 private or personal matter and object recovered/offender unsuccessful ( 3.7 The majority of rape victims did not report the rape to the police because they felt the crime was a personal matter, meaning they were embarrassed to tell anyone. [...]
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