Victim assistance : exploring individual practice, organizational policy, and societal responses /
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| Imprint: | New York : Springer Pub., c2003. |
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| Description: | xii, 286 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Springer series on family violence |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4861221 |
Table of Contents:
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Concepts of Victim Assistance
- 2. Ecological Perspective of Victimization
- 3. Exploring Attitudes Toward Violence and Victimization
- 4. Barriers to Services
- 5. The Psychological and Physiological Impact of Stress
- 6. Trauma and the Crime Victim
- 7. The Justice System and Victims
- 8. Victims of Sexual Abuse and Assault: Adults and Children
- 9. Victims of Criminal Death
- 10. Violence Within Family Systems
- 11. Victims of Hate and Bias Crimes
- 12. Victim Advocacy and Public Policy
- 13. Issues for the Profession
- References
- Index
