Open AccessSupporting children: Victims of crime, within victim support
Author(s) -
Vande Ilse Walle
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
temida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0941
pISSN - 1450-6637
DOI - 10.2298/tem0403009w
Subject(s) - criminology , psychology , sexual abuse , child abuse , medical emergency , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine
All too often, the victimization of children is automatically associated with child abuse and sexual abuse. However, children are also confronted, either directly or indirectly, with other kinds of criminality. In spite of that children usually do not get appropriate support and assistance. In this paper, the establishment and development of services for the support of children-victims of crime in Belgium, as well as European cooperation in this regard, are described