Word: victimization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Larry Murphy of the Harvard Police Department's Criminal Investigation Division said that in addition to investigating rape cases, officers also try to be sensitive to the needs of the victim...
...Because it's traumatic, the same officers stay with the victim at all times," said Murphy, noting the relief victims often show at seeing a familiar face...
...Statistics found that 3,392 children ages 1 through 19 were killed in homicides, suicides and accidents with guns in 1987, accounting for 11% of deaths in that age group. No nation comes close to the U.S. in such fatalities. In 1985 not a single teenage male was the victim of gun-related homicide in England or Sweden...
...Amato complains that he is the victim of "tremendous distortions" by the press involving a few incidents among the hundreds of thousands of inquiries he has made on behalf of his constituents. "A Congressman and Senator is supposed to do exactly what I do," he insists. "Abuse is getting people preferential treatment when they're not entitled to it. Getting them something they're entitled to, fighting for it, that...
...couple visiting an art gallery wondered why the sculptures of terrified people looked so unnervingly lifelike. (Any guesses?) And Freddy Krueger, the razor-clawed maniac from the Nightmare on Elm Street films, was back to his old tricks, scaring the wits out of people in their sleep. His latest victim: a dream expert who, convinced Freddy was after him, went berserk on a talk show and was shot to death in front of a live TV audience. Eat your heart out, Geraldo...