Improving Community Response to Crime Victims: An Eight-Step Model for Developing Protocol

Interdisciplinary teams, lauded as the most effective way to investigate and prosecute physical and sexual abuse cases, are often difficult to create and maintain. This book assists in demystifying the process of establishing such teams with an eight-step model - the 'Protocol Development Cycle'. Through extensive contact with a wide variety of professionals and communities, the authors provide accessible and well-organized guidelines for those who want to start and maintain an interagency te…