The victims, if you want to call them that, become victimized twice.
Children, too, often become victimized by cybersex addiction in a parent.
"It's a tragedy when we take the most helpless people in our society and see them become victimized," Mr. Rankin said.
The seriously ill are the ones most likely to become victimized, incarcerated and homeless.
"You need to have kids understand trafficking so they don't become victimized," Mourning told the Observer.
Individuals with mental illness who are apt to be violent (or become victimized) almost always telegraph their problems for months, if not longer, with growing symptoms, appearing in emergency rooms and hospitals, and driving their families to distraction - with the families seldom having a responsive place to turn.
This, in itself, might lessen the chance that peers would help them when they become victimized.
Therefore, boys who engage in binge drinking may more readily become victimized while under the influence of alcohol.
Perhaps boys who smoke tend to play a more active role in social interactions and may thus be less likely to become victimized.
Second victims have been defined by Susan Scott et al. [ 2] as healthcare team members involved in an unanticipated patient event, in a medical error and/or a patient-related injury who become victimized in the sense that the team member is traumatized by the event.
