Panel Recommends Comprehensive Program for Victims of Violent Crime
Abstract
Given that the aftermath of crime represents a crisis for the mental health system, the criminal justice system, and the public as a whole, the panel recommends.
• Availability of multiple models of services for victims.
• Development of standards of professional practice
• Development of training programs for mental health professionals, criminal justice officials, primary care physicians, emergency room personnel, the clergy, and others who provide services to crime victims.
• Adequate funding for victim studies, along with new methods of research.
• Financial support programs for victims.
• Removal of exclusionary clauses from laws designed to serve victims (for example, a victim may not be eligible for compensation if the offender is a family member).
• A national survey of victims of sexual assault.
• A colloquium on the aftermath of violence for children, with the focus on the mental health crisis.
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