Open AccessSafe Horizon: Victim support service in New York
Author(s) -
Sanja Milivojević
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
temida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0941
pISSN - 1450-6637
DOI - 10.2298/tem0202031m
Subject(s) - service (business) , horizon , criminology , focus (optics) , political science , public relations , business , sociology , marketing , physics , astronomy , optics
This article contains analysis of history and development of the victim support movement in United States of America, with particular focus on New York City. The analysis includes the causes of establishment, the history of the victim support services as well as today’s situation in the movement for helping victims of crime. Specific part of the article is dedicated to Safe Horizon, victim support service in New York, and programs this organization, known also under old name - Victim Services, Inc., is running today