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Jasmine Ziegler 2/18/2024 SNHU 6-2 Module What is empathy? Having empathy involves being sensitive to the feelings, ideas, and experiences of another person. Understanding and sensitivity to someone's circumstances, viewpoints, or emotions are essential components of empathy. You can have empathy for animals, fictional characters, and others. Empathy helps us to bond with others, build meaningful relationships, and understand why people act the way they do. It also helps us to become more compassionate and understanding of others, and can help us understand our own feelings better. Developing trust and credibility within community members, lowering the need for force, and enhancing public-police communication are just a few of the many areas of criminal justice where empathy may be used. By managing stress and sorrow with empathy, police may prevent burnout and compassion fatigue. Juries, judges, and lawyers may achieve impartial decisions by eliminating prejudice and stereotypes. Furthermore, empathy may help victims and offenders recover and reconcile via restorative justice processes. By demonstrating empathy, correctional officers and prisoners may maintain a safe and compassionate environment, while reducing violence and misbehavior at the same time. Offenders can also gain social and emotional skills through empathy, assisting them in rehabilitation and reintegration. It is also important for victim advocates and counselors to use empathy when assisting victims in dealing with trauma, navigating the legal system, and coping with the fallout from a crime. Victim advocates and

counselors have a substantial impact on how robbery victims interact with criminal justice officials. Victim advocates and counselors are experts in helping robbery victims. When victims feel understood and appreciated, they are more inclined to talk about their experiences and assist the criminal justice system. The victim may become more distressed and reluctant to interact with the system if criminal justice professionals react insensitively or with a lack of empathy, which might retraumatize them. Being attentive, expressing concern for their well-being, giving clear information about the legal process, and offering options for support and aid are all appropriate answers to a robbery victim. Dismissing the victim's feelings, placing the blame on them, or expressing impatience are examples of inappropriate reactions. Negative reactions may make the victim feel rejected, demoralized, and less inclined to seek assistance or cooperate with authorities. Reactions that are sympathetic and compassionate might help the victim recover and make them more eager to take part in and reestablish confidence and security in the criminal justice system. References Posick, C. (2013, March 1). The Role of Empathy in Crime, Policing, and Justice . Scholars Strategy Network. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from https://scholars.org/brief/role-empathy-crime-policing-and-justice Takahashi, J. Y. (2023, May 19). , . , - YouTube. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/victimology-and-victim-assistance/book254001

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