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Promising Practices and Strategies for Victim Services in Corrections
Publication year:
1999
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The most essential components of corrections-based programs and services for victims are highlighted within this compendium. Contents include: agency mission statements; program planning; developing policies and procedures; establishing a victim services advisory committee; program staffing; public awareness; networking; victim notification; victim impact statements; the importance of restitution; restitution procedures; helping victims document their losses; assessing the offender's ability to pay; alternative methods of restitution collection; victim protection; handling complaints from victims and witnesses; parole processes; staff-related issues; responding to workplace violence in correctional settings; monitoring legislation; program evaluation; client needs assessment; technology to enhance corrections-based victim services; fundraising for victim services; restorative justice; and victim/offender programs.