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Published Online: May 1986

Panel Recommends Comprehensive Program for Victims of Violent Crime

Robert F. Rich and Ann W. BurgessAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: Psychiatric Services

Volume 37, Number 5

https://doi.org/10.1176/ps.37.5.437

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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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Psychiatric Services

Volume 37 • Number 5 • May 1986

Pages: 437 - 445

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Published in print: May 1986

Published online: 1 April 2006

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Robert F. Rich

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Ann W. Burgess

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The School of Urban and Public Affairs at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Boston City Hospital

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Panel Recommends Comprehensive Program for Victims of Violent Crime

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