NCJ Number
38368
Date Published
Unknown
Length
71 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT ON A PROGRAM TO SURVEY THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS IN NEW YORK CITY AND TO OPERATE A SERVICE IN THE BRONX TO EXPLORE THE MOST FEASIBLE AND EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION OF SERVICES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF VICTIMS.
Abstract
THE POPULATION TO BE SERVICED WAS DESIGNATED AS THOSE WHO WERE VICTIMS OF A CRIME AND UPON WHOM SOME PHYSICAL INSULT HAD BEEN INFLICTED. THIS INCLUDED THE FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS, FELONIOUS ASSAULT, AND ROBBERY WITH ASSAULT. THE LONG RANGE OBJECTIVE AND MANDATE WAS TO ASSESS THE VIABILITY OF THESE SERVICES AND PROPOSE A CITY WIDE SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING NEEDED SERVICES TO VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. THIS MANDATE WAS OPERATIONALIZED IN TWO MAJOR UNDERTAKINGS. THE FIRST WAS A SURVEY OF THE NEEDS OF 10,000 VICTIMS OF CRIMES OF VIOLENCE THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY, EXCEPTING THOSE IN THE BRONX. THE SECOND WAS A DEVELOPMENT OF A REFERRAL SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME IN THE BRONX. FIVE PARAPROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS WERE TRAINED AS EXPEDITERS AND ADVOCATES TO ASSIST VICTIMS TO MEET WHATEVER NEEDS AROSE OUT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF THEIR BEING VICTIMIZED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)