Improving community response to crime victims : an eight-step model for developing protocol / Anita B. Boles, John C. Patterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boles, Anita B.

Contributor:

Patterson, John C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Victims of crimes--Services for--United States.

Victims of crimes.

Victims of crimes--Services for.

United States.

Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc.

Physical Description:

xv, 156 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1997]

Summary:

Use of interdisciplinary teams has been lauded as the most effective and successful approach to investigating and prosecuting physical and sexual abuse cases. However, such teams are often difficult to create and maintain. Improving Community Response to Crime Victims demystifies the process of establishing teams with an eight-step model called the "protocol development cycle". Informed by their extensive contact, with a wide variety of professionals and communities, authors Anita B. Boles and John C. Patterson provide accessible and well-organized guidelines for those who are serious about starting and maintaining an interagency team that can respond to almost any type of interpersonal crime. This book includes exercises and training materials along with sample letters, forms, press releases, and other documents designed to better aid community teams in assessing the response to crime and identifying gaps in service.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

080397244X

OCLC:

34912727