Victim Services

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen S. Knox
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Specialized Education ◽  
And Training

Social workers provide services for crime victims and their families in a variety of settings, including law enforcement, the court systems, corrections, and parole or probation. This entry presents a historical overview of the types of victim-services programs and models that have been developed since the beginning of the 20th century. Social-work roles and interventions in victim-services programs are discussed. The need for specialized education and training in crisis intervention, domestic violence, and child abuse is addressed, along with recent challenges and innovations in the field of victim services.

A Review of the Effects of the Violence Against Women Act on Law Enforcement

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-83
Author(s):  
Wesley G. Jennings ◽  
Ráchael A. Powers ◽  
Nicholas M. Perez
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Crime Reduction ◽  
Victim Advocacy ◽  
Violence Against Women Act ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Police Responses ◽  
Victim Reporting ◽  
And Training

One of the goals of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was to improve law enforcement responses to sexual and domestic violence by providing funding to expand prevention, enhance investigations, and increase victim services. Since VAWA’s enactment, police responses to these crimes have evolved, including officer responses to victims and offenders, and various agency operations. This article highlights some noteworthy changes in law enforcement related to facilitating victim reporting, enhancing victim advocacy and services, crime reduction and investigative tools, supplementing personnel and training, and encouraging multiagency collaborations as a result of VAWA.

Perceptions and Utilization of a Police–Social Work Crisis Intervention Approach to Domestic Violence

2001 ◽  
Vol 82 (4) ◽  
pp. 393-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Corcoran ◽  
Margaret Stephenson ◽  
Derrelyn Perryman ◽  
Shannon Allen
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Police Officer ◽  
Crisis Intervention ◽  
Intervention Approach ◽  
Response Team

This study reports survey findings of police officer perceptions and utilization of a domestic violence response team, which involved social workers and trained volunteers providing crisis intervention at the scene of domestic violence crimes. The majority of the 219 police officer respondents perceived the domestic violence response team as helpful. Other feedback provided in the survey was used to expand services and to make them more efficient and effective.

Police Social Work

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
George T. Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Police Departments ◽  
Social Service Agencies ◽  
Substance Use And Abuse ◽  
Service Agencies

Police social workers are professionally trained social workers or individuals with related academic degrees employed within police departments or social service agencies who receive referrals primarily from police officers. Their primary functions are to provide direct services such as crisis counseling and mediation to individuals and families experiencing social problems such as mental illness, alcohol and substance use and abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse, among others. Additional functions of police social workers include training police officers in stress management, mental illness, substance abuse, domestic violence, and child abuse; providing consultation to police officers; and counseling police officers and their families.

Assessment of the Program Implementation of Comprehensive Victim Services in a One-Stop Location

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-174
Author(s):  
Thomas G. Blomberg ◽  
Gordon P. Waldo ◽  
Deborah Chester
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Victim Services ◽  
Integral Role ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Local Law ◽  
Local Agencies

Today, more than 10,000 programs provide services to crime victims across the United States. Despite this large number of programs, however, it is estimated that only a small fraction of the 38 million annual crime victims actually receive services following their victimization. Moreover, most victim services programs are able to provide only limited and fragmented services. In contrast, the Jacksonville Victim Services Center, Florida, is recognized nationally as a model victim services program that provides comprehensive victim services in a one-stop location. Based on interviews, secondary documents, and data provided by the Center, this article describes and interprets the program's implementation and operational features, including discussion of the integral role played by local law enforcement and other related local agencies in the Center's functioning.

scholarly journals Knowledge and Skills of Social Workers in Handling Children in Conflict with Law in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ellya Susilowati
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
Recovery Process ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Community Institutions ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Social Rehabilitation ◽  
And Training

This study aims to examine how the knowledge and skill of Social Workers in handling Children against Law (ABH) in Indonesia. Social Worker is a profession mandated by Law No. 11 of 2012 concerning the Juvenile Criminal Justice System has some duties, among others, such as assisting the recovery process and changes in Children behavior; giving consideration to law enforcement officers for handling children social rehabilitation; accompany the delivery of Children to their parents, government agencies or community institutions; and approach the community to be willing to accept the children in their social environment. This study used a qualitative approach with descriptive methods for six social workers who carried out tasks in Cianjur regency, West Java. Data collection techniques used interviews, observation and documentation studies. The results indicated that the knowledge and skills of Social Workers in carrying out the tasks of handling ABH still had some limitations, especially in the application of working skills with ABH. The recommendations of this study are: 1) Education and Training Center in the ABH training for Social Workers needs to increase knowledge and skills about social rehabilitation; 2) Children social workers conduct regular discussions and sharing on the competence of social work related to the handling ABH.

Policy Implementation of the Elimination on Child Labor: Could Indonesia Be Achieve of Free Child Labor in 2022?

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 410-417
Author(s):  
Gunarto Gunarto ◽  
Hardi Warsono ◽  
Kismartini ◽  
Retno Sunu Astuti
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Active Labor ◽  
And Training ◽  
Active Labor Market

Currently it’s estimated that more than 152 million people are child laborers, around 10 percent of children worldwide. Most (71 percent) work in the agricultural sector. As many as 69 percent do unpaid work because they work in their own homes and nearly half (73 million people) work in jobs that endanger their health, safety and moral development. The objective of the paper is exploring the factors why a child of a child must work, policies in control the growth rate of child labor and finally in eliminating child labor in Indonesia. This study found the issue of child labor which involves many parties becomes a challenge for the parties to work together effectively to harmonize laws and regulations and law enforcement, expand and increase access to compulsory education and training, social protection and make effective policies to support an active labor market, and to create decent and productive jobs for adults. Moreover, coordination and synchronization between related parties in forms of social workers, government, community and stakeholders are needed.

Serving Two Masters: When Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Overlap

2005 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 483-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judy L. Postmus ◽  
Debora Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Welfare Workers ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Professional Longevity ◽  
Welfare Workers ◽  
And Training

Does exposure to domestic violence indicate a form of child maltreatment? It is imperative that child welfare workers identify and use interventions that protect families from domestic violence and eliminate harm to children without further stigmatizing victimized women. The research described in this article attempts a first step in understanding the factors involved in the decision making process of child welfare supervisors in domestic violence cases. Findings indicate that the attitudes and beliefs of child welfare supervisors about the overlap between domestic violence and child abuse are influenced by personal experiences, professional longevity, and training.

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