| NCJ Number: |
90162   |
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| Title: |
Criminal Justice and the Elderly - How To Win Law Enforcement Support for Victim Services Projects |
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| Author(s): |
J H Stein; J H Ahrens |
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| Corporate Author: |
National Council of Senior Citizens
Criminal Justice and the Elderly Program
United States of America |
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| Date Published: |
1980 |
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| Page Count: |
148 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Criminal Justice and the Elderly
Washington, DC 20005
National Council of Senior Citizens
Washington, DC 20005
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Washington, DC 20531 |
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| Grant Number: |
78-DF-AX-0132 |
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| Sale Source: |
Criminal Justice and the Elderly
Publicity Director
1511 K Street NW
Suite 540
Washington, DC 20005
United States of America |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
United States of America |
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| Annotation: |
In providing guidance to victim services planners and administrators on how to win police support for victim services projects, this manual examines models of police involvement in victim services, initial overtures to the police, and administrative and programmatic issues. |
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| Abstract: |
The models of police involvement in victim services portrayed are (1) the cooperation model, whereby the victim-service counselors use the information supplied by the police to contact victims to determine any needed services; (2) the collaboration model, which requires the counselors to be available, at the request of police officers, to help victims immediately after a crime report is taken; and (3) the comprehensive model, which combines both the next-day services of the cooperation model with the on-scene services of the collaboration mode. Guidance for making initial overtures to the police about a victim services program includes instruction on how to prepare for a meeting with law enforcement policymakers, tactics to use in meeting with the policymakers, and fall-back strategies, which involve actions to take in the event of police refusal to participate in a victim services program. The later approaches involve influencing officials who can successfully intervene with the police on behalf of a victim services program. The concluding section addresses issues likely to be confronted in the use of each of the three models of police involvement in victim services, as well as how to initiate and sustain a victim services program in its first year. The appendixes contain various papers and reports related to victim services. |
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| Index Term(s): |
Police-social worker cooperation; Program implementation; Victim services |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=90162 |
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