Download or read book Helping Victims of Violent Crime written by Diane L. Green, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-06-23 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, violent crime has become one of the most serious domestic problems in the United States. Approximately 13 million people (nearly 5% of the U.S. population) are victims of crime every year, and of that, approximately one and a half million are victims of violent crime. Ensuring quality of life for victims of crime is therefore a major challenge facing policy makers and mental health providers. Helping Victims of Violent Crime grounds victim assistance treatments in a victim-centered and strengths perspective. The book explores victim assistance through systems theory: the holistic notion of examining the client in his/her environment and a key theoretical underpinning of social work practice. The basic assumption of systems theoryis homeostasis. A crime event causes a change in homeostasis and often results in disequilibrium. The victim's focus at this point is to regain equilibrium. Under the systems metatheory, coping, crisis and attribution theories provide a good framework for victim-centered intervention. Stress and coping theories posit that three factors determine the state of balance: perception of the event, available situational support, and coping mechanisms. Crisis theory offers a framework to understand a victim's response to a crime. The basic assumption of crisis theory asserts that when a crisis occurs, people respond with a fairly predictable physical and emotional pattern. The intensity and manifestation of this pattern may vary from individual to individual. Finally, attribution theory asserts that individuals make cognitive appraisals of a stressful situation in both positive and negative ways. These appraisals are based on the individual's assertion that they can understand, predict, and control circumstances and result in the victim's assignment of responsibility for solving or helping with problems that have arisen from the crime event. In summary, these four theories can delineate a definitive model for approach to the victimization process. It is from this theoretical framework that Treating Victims of Violent Crime offers assessments and interventions with a fuller understanding of the victimization recovery process. The book includes analysis of victims of family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, partner violence) as well as stranger violence (sexual assault, homicide, and terrorism).

Download or read book New Directions from the Field written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assistance for Victims of Violence written by Illinois. Office of Secretary of State and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information about services available to victims of violent crime, domestic violence, and sexual assault, including the Illinois Crime Victim's Compensation Act, and a list of programs and legal services throughout the state.

Download or read book Victim Assistance written by Marlene A. Young and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Directions from the Field written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Office for Victims of Crime of the U.S. Department of Justice presents the full text of "New Directions from the Field: Victims' Rights and Services for the 21st Century, Strategies for Implementation--Tools for Action Guide." The guide covers topics, such as victims' rights, law enforcement, prosecution, corrections, victim assistance, compensation, restitution, civil remedies, and child victims.

Download or read book New Directions from the Field written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Helping Crime Victims written by Albert R. Roberts and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Topics covered include overview of victimology, victim services and witness assistance programs, missing and murdered children in America, crisis intervention with battered women and their children, police-based crisis teams, telephone hotline programs and services for family violence survivors.

Download or read book Services Provided to Victims of Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Dating Violence and Stalking written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crime Victim s Book written by Morton Bard and published by Bruner Meisel U. This book was released on 1986 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Understanding Domestic Violence written by United States. Attorney (District of Columbia). Victim Witness Assistance Unit and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book OVC Victim Assistance National Resource Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Counseling Victims of Violence written by Sandra L. Brown and published by Hunter House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is designed as a quick-reference resource for counselors, social workers, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, R.N.s and medical staff, victim advocates and legal personnel, and all those engaged in supporting or helping victims of violence."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book VOCA Compensation Assistance Administrators Guide written by United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Victim Assistance written by Thomas L. Underwood and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the acclaimed professional certificate program, Advanced Institute on Victim Studies: Critical Analysis of Victim Assistance, this book identifies core content areas essential for practitioners working with crime victims. Recognizing the multidisciplined, multisystem field that encompasses victim assistance, the contributors present a solid foundation of the varying concepts and theories on victims and victims services. The balance of the text addresses the skills and strategies needed to enhance services to victims at the individual, organizational, and societal levels. Each chapter concludes with an analysis and application section, including representative scenarios and key questions for review.

Download or read book Are You a Victim of Violence written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Working with Victims of Crime with Disabilities written by Cheryl Guidry Tyiska and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book California Statewide Domestic Violence Assistance Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: