The literature review of previous relevant research indicates that crime victims likely to adjust successfully after the crime tend to be younger, male, better educated, and employed. They also tend to be freer of pre-existing psychiatric disturbances and a history of previous criminal victimization. Successful adjusters were experiencing moderate recent or current life stressors, and they were less severely victimized, threatened, or injured during the crime. They were inclined to blame themselves behaviorally rather than characterologically for the crime, to find meaning in the incident, and to perceive themselves as coping well when compared with other crime victims. Successful adjusters were also willing to participate in the prosecution of the case and to receive the support of relatives and friends. 86 references