ABSTRACT
In the time it takes to read this chapter, 60 people around the world will be murdered. A report from the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that in 2012 there were 475,000 homicides globally and that more than six million people were killed through interpersonal violence from 2000 to 2012, roughly one person a minute (Butchart & Mikton, 2014). In addition to homicide, non-fatal violence affects tens of thousands of people every day (Butchart & Mikton, 2014). In each of these cases a complex network of people with connections to the victim will experience trauma. But what happens next? How can victims and survivors of violence access the rights and services they need to recover from victimisation? These questions are central to the field of victimology, an interdisciplinary approach to studying victimisation in society.
