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The Establishment of a Crisis Intervention Service for Victims of Sexual Assault

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1985

Abstract

Four years ago, the Community Psychology Class at Dalhousie began working to establish a sexual assault service in Halifax. At that time no service existed in the community. Today, the Service for Sexual Assault Victims in Halifax is funded jointly by the municipalities and the Provincial Department of Social Services, and will soon start its third year of direct service. It is now run by an independent community board, including representatives from the police, legal, social service and medical professions. The theory and practice of the Service is based on an explicit community intervention strategy that combines a psychological account of the experience of sexual assault with the principles of crisis intervention.

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Il y a trois ans, la classe de Psychologie communautaire de Dalhousie tentair d'établir à Halifax un service d'aide aux victimes d'assaut sexuel. Á cette époque, aucun service de cette nature n'existait dans la communauté. Aujourd'hui le service créé à Halifax est subventionné conjointement par la municipalité et le département provincial des services sociaux: il entrera bientôt dans sa deuxième année de service. Il est maintenant dirigé par un Conseil communautaire qui comprend des représentants de la police et des professionnels du droit, de la médecine et du travail social. La théorie et la pratique de ce service s'appuie sur une stratégie communautaire qui allie le bilan psychologique du vécu de la victime d'assaut sexuel et les principes de l'intervention de crises.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 4Number 1April 1985
Pages: 113 - 123

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Version of record online: 28 April 2009

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K. Edward Renner
Ann Keith
Service for Sexual Assault Victims, Halifax, N.S.

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