Sentence examples for victims distress from inspiring English sources

The statements detail the victims' distress and confusion.

Officers said the victims' distress would increase if they were identified.

Damages should take into account the victims' distress, loss of personal autonomy and the affront to their dignity, he added.

Other common reasons thought to account for asymptomatic survivors of sexual abuse include: (1) insufficient severity of abuse, (2) the fact that symptoms may not be detected by practitioners, (3) development of avoidant coping styles that mask victims' distress, (4) or that asymptomatic survivors may be more resilient than the survivors who show symptoms [ 88].

The main significant predictors were the amount of media coverage watched (but only in children 10 years old or younger), identification with the victims, distress at the time of the attacks, changing viewing habits (to either avoid or watch more as events unfolded), and family expressiveness.

Detective Constable Henry Marshall, who investigated the incident, said: "Samantha Watt deliberately and callously set out to cause the victim distress, humiliation and embarrassment.

Judges should take into account victims' emotional distress, fear and loss of confidence when sentencing those convicted of theft, according to legal guidelines issued on Thursday.

"Different messages can understandably cause the victim some distress or confusion, and result in lack of confidence in the criminal justice system.

The records revealed multiple instances where lifeguards failed to notice the victim in distress, sometimes even when it should have been readily apparent.

Stalkers often delude themselves that they are in a relationship with their victim, causing distress and fear by persistently intruding on their lives through unwanted phone calls, text messages, emails or letters.

Third, it is now clear that the positive obligation to protect private life under Article 8 includes an obligation to provide appropriate levels of compensation for "outrageous abuses of press freedom" in publishing private information such that the victim's distress is properly compensated and the press are deterred from future breaches (Armonienė v. Lithuania, Judgment of 25 November 2008).