Rehabilitation of the Victim in the light of Clinical Victimology

Clinical victimology aims to identify the pain and suffering caused by crime, compensation of damage for crime victims, and eventually, treatment and rehabilitation of the victim. But, investigating this issue has been, to some extent, neglected in the criminological literature of Iran. Hence, this article attempts to specify the conceptual framework and phases of clinical victimology. In this regard, different damages imposed to the victims are reviewed by providing a new understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder. One of the most important subjects of clinical victimology is recognizing the symptoms and etiology of this disorder, as the most important reaction after a criminal event. After understanding this important issue by using medical science, psychiatry and psychology, a variety of emotional and psychological support measures, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy are provided to reduce the impact of incidents of criminal damage and attempt to rehabilitate the victim (of an offences), and at the end of the day, the Amending the Legal Medicine Organization is suggested to promote clinical services to victim (of an offences).