Notes

1 National Association of Social Workers, 1997, Code of Ethics of the National Association of Social Workers, Washington, DC: NASW Press.

2 The estimate is from the Association of Social Work Boards, Culpeper, VA.

3 N. Randolph, 2002, “Recent Commission on Accreditation Decisions,” Social Work Education Reporter 50(2): 37.

4 J.V. O’Neill, 1999, “Profession Dominates in Mental Health,” NASW News 44(6): 1,8.

5 M. Gibelman and P.H. Schervish, 1997, Who We Are: A Second Look, Washington, DC: NASW Press.

6 H. Wallace, 1998, Victimology: Legal, Psychological, and Social Perspectives, Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.

7 Office for Victims of Crime, 1998, New Directions from the Field: Victims’ Rights and Services for the 21st Century, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, NCJ 180315, Chapter 8.

8 F.S. Danis, 2002, “How Victim Assistance Experts Rate Social Work Competencies for Professional Practice,” Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 5(2): 28–37; F.S. Danis, 2003, “The Emerging Field of Crime Victim Assistance: Are Social Workers Ready?” Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Social Work Education, 6(3): 13–19.

9 National Association of Social Workers, 2003, Social Work Speaks, Sixth Edition: NASW Policy Statements, 2003–2006, Washington, DC: NASW Press.

10 Office for Victims of Crime, 2000, “New Directions from the Field: Victims’ Rights and Services for the 21st Century,” videotape, Washington: DC: U.S. Department of Justice. NCJ 178283. For ordering information, go to www.ncjrs.gov or www.ovc.gov/library/index.html or call 800–851–3420.