I decompose the problem in 3:
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The wish to piss off the perpetrator. Cathartic justice. May not give back the moments of pains that the victim endured but might feel good after all :).
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Making sure the perpetrator does not do it again and/or to somebody else.
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Helping/warning/gathering potential other victims. As soon as possible.
The two last ones are probably the ones on which most victims would prefer to focus on. Yet, I realized how the current system of "justice" is absolutely not made for it when I saw this talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/jessica_ladd_the_reporting_system_that_sexual_assault_survivors_want
I wish there was more systems thought like that, and international databasis too as polices stop at borders but rapists do not. Today I found out that there is one guy that created recently a system of "match" to put victims in contact with each others in france (coabuse.fr). I find it so cool. I put the name of the person as well as the name of other predators I know (more minor like a random hand on your butt etc.). I am datascientist... That feels good to think that their name and actions is in a database somewhere. Mostly symbolic. But who knows damocles sword may fall? :)