{"id":179,"date":"2010-08-06T05:55:31","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T05:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/"},"modified":"2010-08-08T00:04:32","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T00:04:32","slug":"victims","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Loss: Crime’s Consequence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many crime victims will tell you that closure doesn\u2019t come after the perpetrator is sent to prison \u2014 or ever in some cases. Instead, some crime survivors say the key was to find their \u201cnew normal,\u201d or how to carry on after the crime. “Surviving Loss” offers a glimpse into the lives of six women who have lost family members to homicide and explores their journeys through grief.<\/p>\n

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Bertha<\/h2>\n

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Bertha\u2019s son was shot to death in Fairfield, Calif.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Diana<\/h2>\n

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Diana\u2019s son was shot and killed at a light rail station in Sacramento, Calif.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cheryl<\/h2>\n

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Cheryl\u2019s husband was killed during a home invasion. During the incident, the perpetrators also raped her daughter with a shotgun.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Maggie<\/h2>\n

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Maggie\u2019s husband was beaten to death by two juveniles who were robbing his gun store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Debbie<\/h2>\n

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Debbie\u2019s father was beaten to death by her nephew.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Misty<\/h2>\n

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Misty\u2019s brother was shot in a bar after hours. The death was ruled a suicide, but Misty believes her brother was murdered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Resources<\/h2>\n

Parents of Murdered Children<\/a> is a national organization with local chapters that helps survivors of homicide navigate the criminal justice system and cope with grief.<\/p>\n

Citizens Against Homicide<\/a> is a Bay Area-based group that offers a variety of resources, including guidance through the justice system, forums where you can communicate with others who have lost a loved one to homicide and information on how to generate leads on unsolved murders.<\/p>\n

The National Center for Victims of Crime<\/a> strives to help people rebuild their lives by linking survivors with resources, advocating for policies and providing training and technical assistance to those that help victims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Six women discuss losing loved ones to homicide, grief and the lasting effects of crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":199,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"template-video.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-179","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/179\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/berkeley.news21.com\/behindbars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}