Indirect victims of violence: a look at health impacts
Rayana Tavares de Oliveira Bueno,
Edinilsa Ramos de Souza,
Bruno Costa Poltronieri
Abstract:We sought to investigate the perceptions of indirect victims or family members of homicide victims, about the repercussions of these deaths on their health. A qualitative, exploratory, descriptive study was carried out, based on eight semi-structured individual interviews with two groups: family members of police officers victimized by lethal violence, and family members of people killed as a result of police intervention, designated here as homicide. Both groups reported the perception that their health deter… Show more
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