{"id":38,"date":"2016-06-22T14:25:22","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T13:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voicenorthants.local\/myvoice\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2017-02-22T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T16:02:51","slug":"crime-victim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/reporting-a-crime\/crime-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Help for Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A victim of crime is someone who has suffered harm, injury or loss as a direct result of an offence, as well as someone who feels threatened by the actions of another person. You are also a victim of crime if an immediate member of your family has died as a direct result of an offence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a victim of crime, sorting out the problems that crime causes and making decisions can be difficult and confusing. It is important to have someone to talk to who can provide helpful information and support. This can often be critical to a victim\u2019s recovery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We at Voice are committed to responding to the needs of victims of crime. Each person we have contact with will be treated at all times with courtesy, compassion and respect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every person reacts and deals with their feelings in their own way. The following tips may help you deal with your feelings and reactions after a crime:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Talk about how you feel with someone you trust<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Structure your life as much as possible<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do not make major life decisions at this time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Eat regularly and make sure you get physical exercise<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Allow yourself good days and bad days<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Limit the use of alcohol and drugs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Be kind and gentle with yourself<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"p1\">What happens now&#8230;<\/h4>\n<div class=\"helpful-block-content wth-theme-thumbs\" data-title=\"\" >\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"wth-title\">Did you find this page helpful?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a data-post=\"38\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/reporting-a-crime\/crime-victim\/\" data-post-title=\"Help for Victims\" data-response=\"1\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-green-btn icon-thumbsup\">Yes<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<a data-response=\"0\" data-post=\"38\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/reporting-a-crime\/crime-victim\/\" data-post-title=\"Help for Victims\" href=\"#\" class=\"wth-red-btn icon-thumbsdown\">No<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A victim of crime is someone who has suffered harm, injury or loss as a direct result of an offence, as well as someone who feels threatened by the actions of another person. You are also a victim of crime if an immediate member of your family has died as a direct result of an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/reporting-a-crime\/crime-victim\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Help for Victims&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":380,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-parts\/options.php","meta":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1361,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/1361"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.voicenorthants.org\/myvoice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}