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Multiculturalism

Understanding and respecting differences in culture, race, gender, and identity

ADA

Law that prevents discrimination against people with disabilities

Restitution

Money paid to victims for losses

Notification

Informing victims about court events or offender status

Allocution

Victim speaking at sentencing

Victim Impact Statement

Statement describing harm caused by crime

Son of Sam laws

Laws preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes

Polyvictimization

Experiencing multiple types of victimization

PTSD

Trauma disorder after severe events like violence or death threats

Death Notification

Informing family of a loved one’s death

Sexual abuse

Forced sexual activity

Physical abuse

Bodily harm like hitting

Psychological abuse

Emotional manipulation or control

Forensic interview

Structured interview to gather accurate info from victims

CSAAS

Theory explaining why abused children may hide abuse

Survivor

Preferred term for victim of sexual assault

Suicide ideation

Thoughts about suicide

Sextortion

Threatening to release sexual images for control

Human trafficking

Exploitation of people for labor or sex

Safe harbor laws

Laws protecting trafficked minors from prosecution

Complex PTSD

Long-term trauma from repeated abuse

Survival sex

Trading sex for basic needs

Family violence

Violence within a family

IPV

Violence between intimate partners

Battering

Repeated serious abuse

Battered Woman Syndrome

Trauma from repeated partner abuse

ODARA

Risk tool predicting repeat IPV violence

SARA

Tool assessing threat to family members

Neglect

Failure to meet basic needs

Physical abuse

Intentional bodily harm

Sexual abuse (child)

Sexual exploitation of a child

Emotional abuse

Psychological harm like insults or threats

Infanticide

Killing an infant

Neonaticide

Killing a newborn within 24 hours

Filicide

Killing one’s child

Postpartum depression

Severe depression after childbirth

Medical child abuse

Faking or causing illness in a child

Abusive head trauma

Brain injury from shaking a baby

Repression

Blocking traumatic memories

Dissociative amnesia

Memory loss due to trauma

Iatrogenic effect

Harm caused by therapist, like false memories

Parental abduction

Parent taking child unlawfully

Stranger abduction

Kidnapping by unknown person

Elder abuse

Harm or neglect of older adults

Financial abuse (elder)

Stealing or misusing elder’s money