Victim Assistance: Exploring Individual Practice, Organizational Policy, and Societal Responses (Springer Series on Family Violence) - Tapa dura

Edmunds, Christine; Leahy, Robert L.; Underwood, Thomas L.

 
9780826147516: Victim Assistance: Exploring Individual Practice, Organizational Policy, and Societal Responses (Springer Series on Family Violence)
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ISBN 10: 0826147518 ISBN 13: 9780826147516
Editorial: Springer Publishing Company, 2002

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca de los autores

Thomas Underwood, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies, an interdisciplinary affiliation between Washburn University and California State University at Fresno. Dr. Underwood also serves as faculty for the Department of Human Services at Washburn University and for the Department of Criminology at CSUF.



Christine Edmunds is a Victim Rights and Services Consultant and serves on the Executive Committee of the Joint Center on Violence and Victim Studies. She co-founded the National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) in 1995 and has served as senior faculty since that time. She is an adjunct professor for the California State University at Fresno and for Washburn University.

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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.

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Editorial
Springer Publishing Company
Año de publicación
2002
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0826147518
ISBN 13 
9780826147516
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de páginas
304
Editor
Edmunds Christine, Underwood Thomas L. PhD
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