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Main Ideas, Supporting Details, and Summarizing Read the paragraph, answer the questions, and complete the summary. Victims and Witnesses of Gang Violence 1Victims and witnesses of gang violence face additional and serious problems. 2Victims and witnesses usually live with or among the persons responsible for of the crime. 3Victims and witnesses often face the entire gang, as opposed to a sole attacker. 4The gang members to blame for the violence are even likely to attend the funeral of the victim. 5As a result, victims and witnesses are often frightened and so do not cooperate with the criminal justice system. 6They are fearful of retaliation if they do. 7Victims and survivors are often seen as contributors to the crime. 8This is particularly true for surviving family members of murdered children, some of whom were members of gangs. 9The belief of "contribution" leads some victim compensation programs to deny funds to victims and survivors of gang violence. 10Victim blaming is considerable, with frequent questions being asked, for instance, "Why didn't you just move away from your gang-infested neighborhood?" or "Why was your child out, and why don't you control that child?" 11Victims are frequently afraid or unable to exercise victims' rights. 12Because of threats, fear of retaliation, or due to poverty or culture, many victims of gang violence do not exercise their rights. 13Some victims are indigent and cannot afford transportation to court to exercise their right to be present. 14Some gang violence victims do not speak English and do not understand their rights or the offender's status because this information is conveyed only in English. 15Some victims simply don't trust the government. —Adapted from "Victims of Gang Violence: A New Frontier in
Victim Services." Victims of Gang Violence Planning Group. Department of Justice. 25 Oct. 1996. Copyright © 1995-2010 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman. Legal Disclaimer |