Anyone can be a victim of crime. In the Law and Order episode, the victim was raped and because of it, went through long and short term mental effects. In short term, she was afraid to go anywhere by herself, or for that matter, afraid to be by herself at all. She seemed to see her rapist around every corner and was afraid to sleep. Her long term affects were she tried to block out that anything had ever happened and tried to convince herself and the agents that she was over it and had come to peace with what had happened. However, she had to sleep with the lights on and had to sleep while wearing running shoes. She didn't like making any kind of touch and she even tried changing her appearance.
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2013/12/02/photos_released_of_two_men_wanted_in_weekend_assault_of_beck_taxi_driver.html
In the news story above, 2 men severally beat a taxi driver in the early morning. The two men tried to walk away from the Taxi without paying which prompted the driver to follow them for payment. They proceeded to beat him. The police are currently searching for them.
The Long term vs. Short Term affects on the man could be a variety of things. In the short term, He may not trust people who look like the two men, may not like driving at night, all the way too he may not like people sitting behind him where he can't see them. In the Long Term, he is probable to try and forget it ever happened, which is a natural thing that your brain may try to do. He might end up looking in some form to take revenge on the two (unlikely but it happens)There's a chance that some of the short term affects still are affecting him as well, as he may not trust people that look like his the people that assaulted him. He might also certain quirk's that bother him he may not have had before he was assaulted.
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