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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 legalsystem 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 legalsystem, where their mental health and safety may be of marginal concern, and where the potential forretraumatization may be high. This paper reviews the social and psychological barriers that discouragevictim participation in the legal system, and existing studies that document the impact of participationon victims’ mental health. Prospective longitudinal research focusing on victims in the legal systemis 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 Environmentfor 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 adversarialcontest: in civil cases, between two citizens; in criminalcases, between a citizen and the state. Physical violenceand intimidation are not allowed in court, whereas aggressiveargument, selective presentation of the facts, and psychologicalattack are permitted, with the presumption thatthis ritualized, hostile encounter offers the best method ofarriving at the truth.Constitutional limits on this form of conflict are designedto protect criminal defendants from the superiorpower of the state, but not to protect individual citizensfrom one another. The law is technically blind to any disparitiesin power based on age, race, gender, social status,or wealth between accuser and accused. All citizens arepresumed to enter the legal arena on an equal footing, regardlessof the real advantages that