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The Mental Health of Crime Victims: Impact of Legal Intervention1 犯罪受害者的心理健康： 法律Intervention1的影响 In the aftermath of crime, victims must decide whether to seek justice. An encounter with the legal system offers major potential benefits to crime victims, but also exposes them to significant risks. Victims who file civil or criminal complaints are subject to the rules and procedures of a complex legal system, where their mental health and safety may be of marginal concern, and where the potential for retraumatization may be high. This paper reviews the social and psychological barriers that discourage victim participation in the legal system, and existing studies that document the impact of participation on victims’ mental health. Prospective longitudinal research focusing on victims in the legal system is recommended. KEY WORDS: crime victims; legal system. 在犯罪发生后，受害者必须决定是否要讨回公道。与法律的遭遇 系统提供犯罪受害者主要潜在的好处，但也暴露了他们对显著风险。 谁提交民事或刑事投诉的受害者都受到了复杂的法律规则和程序 系统，在那里他们的心理健康和安全可能是边缘性的关注，并在潜在的 retraumatization可能很高。本文回顾了劝阻的社会和心理障碍 在法律制度，以及参与文件的影响，现有的研究受害人参与 对受害者的心理健康。前瞻性纵向研究，重点对法律制度的受害者 推荐。 关键词：犯罪受害者;法律制度 The Legal System as a High-Risk Environment for Victims 法律制度作为一种高风险环境 被害人 The U.S. legal system is organized as an adversarial contest: in civil cases, between two citizens; in criminal cases, between a citizen and the state. Physical violence and intimidation are not allowed in court, whereas aggressive argument, selective presentation of the facts, and psychological attack are permitted, with the presumption that this ritualized, hostile encounter offers the best method of arriving at the truth. Constitutional limits on this form of conflict are designed to protect criminal defendants from the superior power of the state, but not to protect individual citizens from one another. The law is technically blind to any disparities in power based on age, race, gender, social status, or wealth between accuser and accused. All citizens are presumed to enter the legal arena on an equ