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(2005) "Use and Nonuse of Victim Services Programs: Implications from a Statewide Survey of Victims." Criminology & Public Policy, 4(2): 361-384.Sims B, Yost B and Abbott C (2005) Use and nonuse of victim services programs: implications from a statewide survey of crime victims. ...
Victim programs vary in relation to how they operationally define victims as service recipients, and these definitions follow from the type of organization delivering the services. Even in programs designed to provide services for persons identified as victims, there is a tendency to conceive of victi...
Most programs are ill equipped to provide adequate resources and appropriate staff to assist men, since services are designed for female, not male, victims. According to Washington’s (1999) study, only five percent of centers are prepared to meet male victim needs. This might explain the ...
We sought to provide epidemiological data on men aged 15 years and over, victims of rape or suspecting a rape, and who reported it to the police in Paris, France. We wanted to highlight the aggravating circumstances, including the victim’s vulnerability, and to provide epidemiologic data on...
context. Police collaboration with SART and SANE programs will be highlighted. Barriers between police officers and victim advocates will be summarized, including negative perceptions by both. Finally, research findings on police utilization of victim advocates, and resistance to doing so, will be ...
s and allows for restitution to victims of federal crimes. The VWPA has served as a model for many state victim protection laws, especially those providing for restitution to crime victims. The Victims of Crime Act also provided $150 million to support compensation and victim assistance programs...
The purpose of this evaluation was to assess whether STOP's financial support for direct victim services offered through private nonprofit agencies helps victims of domestic violence and sexual assault improve their safety and well-being, and work successfully with legal system and other relevant agenci...
(1991). Final report: Child victim as witness research and development program. (Grant Proposal 87-MC-CX-0026). The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Education Development Center Inc. Google Scholar Widom, C. S. (1991). The role of placement experiences in mediating the criminal...
Participants filled out a questionnaire which consisted of six scales: Rape Myth Acceptance, Just World Beliefs, Attitudes towards the Police, Locus of Control, the Pro-Victim scale and the Anti-Rapist scale. The results showed that Rape Victims-Not Report had significantly higher levels of Rape ...