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This article deals with the effects of a unique victim assistance project for victimized tourists, the Amsterdam Tourist Assistance Service (ATAS). ATAS intervention turns out to have a direct impact on victims to the extend that the negative consequences or the victims are reduced. Besides, ATAS intervention has a function on repairing Amsterdam's image that probably was damaged aftre the victimization.
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Hauber, A.R., Zandbergen, A. Victimized in Amsterdam: The organized reaction. Crime, Law and Social Change 31, 127–144 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008377306308
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008377306308