Helping victims of violent crime : assessment, treatment, and evidence-based practice

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Label

Helping victims of violent crime : assessment, treatment, and evidence-based practice

Title remainder

assessment, treatment, and evidence-based practice

Statement of responsibility

Diane L. Green, Albert R. Roberts

Creator

• Green, Diane L
• Green, Diane L

Contributor

• Roberts, Albert R
• Roberts, Albert R

Subject

• Victims of violent crimes -- Mental health
• Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
• Evidence-based psychiatry

Language

eng

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

Member of

• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central
• Springer series on social work

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

RC569.5.V55

LC item number

G74 2008eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography