Table 4: Continuing Education Training Needs Survey Responses (n = 1,586)  
 
 
  Rank Topic
n
%
 
           
 
  1
Crisis intervention with crime victims
864
54.5
 
    2 Impact of crime on individuals and their families
840
53.0
 
    3 Developing culturally sensitive interventions with crime victims of all races and ethnic groups
755
47.6
 
    4 Posttraumatic stress disorder
725
45.7
 
    5 Treating trauma
724
45.6
 
    6 Crime victim compensation programs
716
45.1
 
    7 Overcoming secondary victimization
602
38.0
 
    8 Working with sexual assault survivors
599
37.8
 
    9 Developing culturally sensitive interventions with crime victims of all sexual orientations
598
37.7
 
  10 Survivors and victims of terrorist acts such as bombings and multiple shootings
545
34.4
 
  11 Domestic violence between intimate partners
539
34.0
 
  12 Working with crime victims with disabilities
513
32.3
 
  13 Hate crimes
510
32.2
 
  14 Elder abuse survivors
465
29.3
 
  15 Stalking survivors
434
27.4
 
           
 
Source: 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.
 

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The Victim Assistance Field and the Profession of Social Work
March 2006