Helping victims of violent crime assessment, treatment, and evidence-based practice
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. Ensu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Springer Pub. Co
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Springer series on social work (Unnumbered)
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798344806719 |
| 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: |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781281811547 9786611811549 9780826125095 |
