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Good Samaritans Volunteers Helping Victims Program Handbook and Training Guide
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Publication Date: April 2009

minus iconFilling a Void—Origins of the Program
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minus iconVolunteers: Recruiting,
Screening, and Training

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minus iconModule 2: The Victim Experience
minus iconModule 3: Basic Skills for Volunteers
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Acknowledgments

John M. Tyson, Jr., has served as Mobile County District Attorney since 1994 and is the creator of the Good Samaritans crime victim assistance program. Without his vision, creativity, and community partnership building, this program would never have been developed. The authors also gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Penny Dendy, Samartian Brown, and Missy Baxley of Volunteer Mobile; and Lynette Marshall of Family Counseling Center Lifelines, who offered editorial suggestions based on this handbook's use in volunteer training sessions in Alabama and Mississippi.