Lesson 10

• Offender

  • May show remorse/ struggle to live with actions
  • Criminal record - hard to get a job or travel
  • Isolated from society - guilt/shame/reputation
  • Family’s social standing (shame), may be isolated or seen as an outcast
  • Most of the time - imprisoned
  • Financial burden: court costs - legal representation
• Victims & Families

  • Grief for their loss and impact on their own relationships
  • Victim loss of life
  • Funeral costs
  • Intergenerational trauma
  • Financial - victim can no longer contribute to the family
  • Cost of psychological support
  • Funeral costs
  • Angry and betrayed by the system (offender was on bail)
  • Want retribution (punishment)
  • Forms of blame (if only, what if)
• Society

  • Negative reputation of the area/suburbs
  • House prices decrease
  • Feel unsafe/safety compromised
  • Financial cost of taxpayers (keep offender in prison)
  • Loss of faith/confidence in the legal system/police
  • Trauma for emergency workers
  • Funding hospitals
  • Police presence increases
  • Need to change legislation, review policies
  • Shape attitudes towards groups of people