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title: "2 Victim Psychology Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“In situations of captivity the perpetrator becomes the most powerful person in the life of the victim, and the psychology of the victim is shaped by the actions and beliefs of the perpetrator.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-lewis-herman/in-situations-of-captivity-the-perpetrator-becomes-the-most-powerful/)

[Judith Lewis Herman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-lewis-herman/)

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> [Victims don't want to know they're victims. I guess that's just victim psychology: if you don't know about it, it's not really happening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dmitri-alperovitch/victims-don-t-want-to-know-they-re-victims-i-guess-that-s-just-victim/)

[Dmitri Alperovitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dmitri-alperovitch/)

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