“96% of victims of violent crime did not receive victim compensation to help recover,” according to the latest national survey of crime victims from the Alliance for Safety and Justice commissioned David Binder Research.
Their results underscore how the violent crime itself is often only the beginning of the pain and trauma that crime victims endure. For example, the poll found that most crime victims reported having “difficulty with work or school”, “difficulty sleeping”, and “felt unsafe or scared.” The full research report is worth a read, but here are two of the most illuminating charts on the gap between what support crime victims need and what support they actually receive :
