It is now widely recognized that victims of crime in general, and victims of sexual offences in particular, commonly experience secondary victimization resulting from dismissive, poor, and sometimes retraumatizing treatment when they encounter the formal criminal justice system. However, little is known about victims’ experiences when initially reporting crime outside of the formal justice system, for example crime that occurs during cruise ship holidays. The cruise industry is the fastest growing tourism sector. The total number of passengers onboard cruise ships internationally was expected to reach 30 million in 2019. There is limited reliable data about how many people experience crime onboard cruise ships, though crime victimization does occur. While victimization onboard cruise ships has received some attention, there is a dearth of evidence about when and how victims report crime, how victims are treated when they report their experience of crime to cruise ship companies, or the justice outcomes. Nor does the available data address whether victims of crime from diverse social groups are treated differently by cruise companies. Drawing on qualitative accounts produced by primary and secondary victims of crime onboard cruise ships, it is argued that as well as the known challenges that victims face, the addition of brand protection can compound cruise ship victims’ experiences of secondary victimization. Secondary victimization refers to additional, or compounded harms experienced because of social or systemic responses to their experience of crime. There are three key implications of these findings: greater understanding of crime victims’ experiences should be developed via refined, mandatory reporting of crime onboard cruise ships, and robust qualitative research; cruise ship staff need improved specialized training in responding to victims of crime, and legislation should be considered mandating an independent authority onboard cruise ships to receive, investigate and monitor victimization reports and responses.

现在人们普遍认识到，一般犯罪受害者，特别是性犯罪的受害者，在遇到正式的刑事司法系统时，通常会因不屑一顾、糟糕的、有时是再创伤的待遇而遭受二次伤害。然而，当最初报告正式司法系统之外的犯罪时，受害者的经历知之甚少，例如在游轮假期期间发生的犯罪。邮轮业是增长最快的旅游业。预计 2019 年，国际游轮上的乘客总数将达到 3000 万。关于有多少人在游轮上经历犯罪的可靠数据有限，尽管确实发生了犯罪受害事件。虽然游轮上的受害事件受到了一些关注，关于受害者何时以及如何报告犯罪、受害者向游轮公司报告其犯罪经历时如何对待，或司法结果，都缺乏证据。现有数据也没有说明邮轮公司是否对来自不同社会群体的犯罪受害者进行了不同的对待。借鉴游轮上犯罪的主要和次要受害者的定性描述，有人认为，除了受害者面临的已知挑战外，增加品牌保护可以加剧游轮受害者的次要受害经历。二次受害是指由于对犯罪经历的社会或系统反应而遭受的额外或复合伤害。这些发现具有三个关键意义：应通过完善、强制性的游轮上犯罪报告和稳健的定性研究来更好地了解犯罪受害者的经历；游轮工作人员需要在应对犯罪受害者方面得到更好的专业培训，并且应考虑立法授权游轮上的独立机构接收、调查和监测受害报告和应对措施。