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Victim Impact: Listen and Learn Video Preview Transcript

[The words "Victim Impact: Listen and Learn" appear on the screen with an image of the video cover.]

[Female speaker; image montage of the 14 men and women featured on the video] "Fourteen courageous men and women share their experiences as victims of crime and powerfully demonstrate how one crime can affect a person, a family, or even a whole community."

[Female speaker with accompanying interview video clip]
"One act, stupid act, can affect so many lives."

[Female speaker with accompanying interview video clip]
"You do, you feel violated. It’s just like, they’ve been in your house, they’ve been through your things."

[Male speaker with accompanying interview video clip]
"I live like a spider. I mean, I keep my blinds closed, I’m scared to death to answer the phone or answer the door."

[Female speaker with accompanying interview video clip]
"So now you’ve got all this hatred for this person, and you've got all this pain and sorrow."

[Female speaker with accompanying interview video clip]
"If you committed a crime, and it’s totally shut out and you're going on with your life, well that family, they’re not going on cause their life is forever changed; it’ll never never be the same."

[The OVC logo and tagline appear on a black screen.]

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