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Helping victims of violent crime : assessment, treatment, and evidence-based practice / Diane L. Green, Albert R. Roberts.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Diane L.
- Series:
- Springer series on social work (Unnumbered)
- Springer series on social work
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Victims of violent crimes--Mental health.
- Victims of violent crimes.
- Crisis intervention (Mental health services).
- Evidence-based psychiatry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (279 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer Pub. Co., c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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:
- Contents:
- Contents; About the Authors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Victims of Violent Crime: An Introduction; Chapter 2 Grief and Loss Reactions and Theories; Chapter 3 Stress and Coping Model for Victims of Crime; Chapter 4 Crisis Intervention; Chapter 5 Cases of Child Abuse; Chapter 6 Intimate Partner Violence: Overview, Stages of Change, Crisis Intervention, and Time-Limited Treatment; Chapter 7 Sexual Assault; Chapter 8 Homicide Victims; Chapter 9 Elder Abuse; Chapter 10 Terrorism/Mass Violence; Chapter 11 School Violence: Crisis Intervention Protocols and Prevention Strategies
- ReferencesIndex
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-81154-8
- 9786611811549
- 0-8261-2509-3
- OCLC:
- 476262896
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