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Is Victimization Helpful Or Harmful To Be A Victimization?

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Victimization is difficult situation to handle both as a victim and those attempting to provide follow-up care, although there are certain sections of the population that despite being more likely to become a victim are also harder to help. Individuals with disabilities, mental illness, or those who are convicts tend to slip through the cracks in regards to victimization.

According to a government survey in 2009 people with disabilities were 50% more likely to become victims of a crime in comparison to their non-disabled counterparts. Some risk factors that are unique to this population is the fact that society tends to separate them from the rest of the population leading to physical and social isolation. Many of them are physically limited
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