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Support for victims of crime: Analysis of the VDS info and victim support service in 2010
Author(s) -
Sanja Ćopić,
Mirjana Tripkovic,
Bejan Šaćiri
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
temida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0941
pISSN - 1450-6637
DOI - 10.2298/tem1102077c
Subject(s) - service (business) , witness , prison , work (physics) , referral , criminology , victimology , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , political science , business , medicine , law , sexual abuse , medical emergency , engineering , nursing , marketing , mechanical engineering
VDS info and victim support service is a victim support service, which was established in 2003 within the Victimology Society of Serbia. The service provides emotional support, information and, if necessary, referral to other relevant services, as well as witness support. The target group of the service are direct and indirect victims of all forms of crime, of both sexes, regardless of any personal characteristics. In addition, support is provided to victims in court, as well as to women victims of violence who are in prison. In most cases victim support is provided by volunteers who are trained to work with victims of crime. This paper analyzes the work of the service in 2010. Special attention is paid to the problems of workplace violence and domestic violence, which are the most common reasons for contacting the service. The aim of the paper is to present the work of the service in the past year, as well as to highlight the trends observed in comparison to the previous period

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