By Carmen Germaine Warner.
From the Preface: Violence and the impact on its victims is nothing new to the helping professional. Specific assessment and intervention has been addressed in Emergency Departments for years, but it has only been within the past decade that first responders have been challenged with the shared responsibility for the early stabilization and management of victims of violence. Accompanying this responsibility is the need for first responders to be prepared both educationally and emotionally to intervene in situations of violence. The first person who cares for victims of violence plays a critical role in not only establishing good lines of communication but possesses the potential for developing a trusting relationship. This element of trust helps the victim to remain open and creative throughout stages of short and long-term intervention. It is only with a comprehensive foundation of theory, specific causes, victim and family impact, along with conflict intervention that first responders will effectively be able to understand and properly manage victims of violence.
This text is designed to provide the reader with a firm knowledge base. The first section outlines some of the theories and philosophies concerning violence, why and how it occurs, specific learned behavior, and factors which influence evolvement, along with common threads in violent behavior. The second section emphasizes definitions, general knowledge, statistical data, signs and symptoms, and the victim's specific transition sequences. Section Three identifies specific intervention techniques which, based on the accumulated knowledge base gained in sections One and Two, will afford the reader a comprehensive, holistic approach to quality assessment and management.
Maryland. Robert J. Brady & Co. 1981. 279p.