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Community assistance for rape victims
Author(s) -
Evans Hannah I.,
Sperekas Nicole B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(197610)4:4<378::aid-jcop2290040409>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - negotiation , intervention (counseling) , crisis intervention , volunteer , psychology , medical emergency , nursing , medical education , public relations , medicine , political science , social psychology , law , agronomy , biology
This paper describes a program designed to use trained volunteer companions in crisis intervention with rape victims in a public hospital emergency room. The history of the extensive negotiations necessary to implement the program and detailed descriptions of volunteer training are included. Results are largely in the form of subjective experience.