Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter I Breaking Down the Barriers

Chapter II Getting Involved

Chapter III Victim/Witness Assistance Programs

Chapter IV Special Needs Victims

Chapter V Organizing Community Resources

References


Project Task Force

Ms. Susan Hillenbrand
Director, Victim-Witness Program
American Bar Association

Chief Burtell Jefferson (Retired)
Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Police Department

Ms. Anna T. Laszlo
Director, AIDS Program
National Sheriff's Association (NSA)

Deputy Commissioner Joseph Nixon
Baltimore City Police Department

Mr. John A. Schuyler
Executive Director
Maryland Police & Correctional Training Commission

Mr. James Scutt
Director, Victim-Witness Program
National Sheriff's Association (NSA)

Mr. John Stein
Director, Public Affairs
National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA)

Ms. Joyce Williams
Director Fairfax County VA Victims Witness Assistance Program

Minority Community Victim Assistance:
A Handbook

Prepared by
Elsie L. Scott
Veda M. Shamsid-Deen
Andrea Black-Wade

National Organization of Black
Law Enforcement Executives
908 Pennsylvania Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20003


Prepared under Grant No. 88-MU-MU-0001 from the Office for Victims of Crime. Opinions and points of view stated in the document do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Justice.


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