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victim

vr.tr.victim · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the concept of victim in law and society, describe victim rights and support services, present contested victim designations with attribution, and use respectful language.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the concept of victim in law and society, describe victim rights and support services, present contested victim designations with attribution, and use respectful language.

A person who suffers harm, loss or death as a result of a crime, accident, disaster, conflict, persecution or other event, including crime victims recognised in criminal justice, casualties of accidents and disasters, and people harmed by political violence or state action as described by memorial and human rights bodies; victims have rights to support, information and participation in many legal systems, and the term is used with care, with some preferring survivor.

What it is for: People harmed by events or acts.

It can be explain the concept; describe rights and support; present designations with attribution; use respectful language.

Distinguishing features

Harm suffered

Legal status

Support entitlements

Contested designations

What it looks like

Not physical; a status of a person.

How it is recognised

Person harmed by an event or act

Crime, accident, disaster, conflict

A perpetrator causes harm; a witness observes it

Related models

is a kind of - category

person

is related to - victims of crime

murder

is related to - victims and survivors of sexual violence

rape

is related to - effects on victims

post-traumatic stress disorder

In practice

Families and kinds

crime victims

accident and disaster casualties

victims of conflict and military action

victims of persecution and political violence as designated by memorials and bodies

indirect victims such as families

Standards and regulation

Victim rights laws and the EU Victims Directive

United Nations declaration on victims of crime

Compensation schemes

Failure modes and hazards

Victim blaming

Partisan use of victim designations

Failing to route people to support

Also called

crime victimcasualtydrone strike victimvictim of communismvictim of right-wing extremismaccident victimwildfire victimnuclear weapons testing victimsvictim of the totalitarian regimevictim of Aktion T4natural disaster victimvictim of fascismvictim of the Heydrichadevictim of the Chilean military dictatorshipCourcelles massacre victimsvictims during the 1989 revolution in Romaniarobbery victimvictim of the mafiavictim of the dictatorship in the GDRperson injuredhuman losses in the Mali warsexual assault victimvictim of homophobia, biphobia and transphobiaperson killed at the Inner German bordervictim of the Night of the Long Knivesdisaster victimvictim of the Nazi regimeCasualties of the September 11 attackssoft targetCivilian casualties of strategic bombingvictim of miscarriage of justicefirst victimsuicide victimSlavic victims of the Inquisitionarson victimvigilantism victimhomicide victimcoup d'état victimbullying victimvictim of violence

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.victim-person

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Support Rights and support.

Care.

Rights

Victim rights.

Rights

Rights.

  1. What rights do victims have to information, protection, participation and compensation under victim rights laws? provenance
  2. Is someone in immediate danger or distress, requiring emergency services or crisis support? boundary

Services

Support services.

Services

Services.

  1. What support services exist for victims of crime, accidents and disasters here? provenance
  2. Which entry fits victim support? action
Understand The concept.

Concepts.

Concept

Concept and language.

Concept

Concept.

  1. How is victim defined in law and social science, and why do some prefer survivor or other terms? provenance
  2. Is respectful, non-blaming language used? boundary

Kinds

Kinds of victim.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do crime victims, casualties, conflict victims and indirect victims differ in law and support? definition
  2. Which entry fits a specific category? action
Designations Contested designations.

Attribution.

Political

Victims of political violence.

Political

Political.

  1. How do memorials, states and human rights bodies designate victims of persecution, political violence and military action, and where do designations differ, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Research

Victimology.

Research

Victimology.

  1. What does victimology research say about victimisation, its effects and recovery? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary
Learn History and teaching.

Education.

History

History of victim rights.

History

History.

  1. How did victim rights and support develop in criminal justice? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can victim rights and respectful language be taught? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should crime victim be a separate entry?
  • How should support services be linked by country?
  • How should contested designations be attributed?
Draft as JSON