NCJ Number
164436
Date Published
1996
Length
586 pages
Annotation
This instructor's manual assists instructors in conducting victim impact classes and panels for offenders designed to assist juvenile and adult offenders in accepting responsibility for past criminal actions, understanding the impact of crime on victims, developing personal safety skills, learning how to bond with positive people, and contributing to their communities in a way that will prevent future victimization.
Abstract
The student manual has 11 chapters, and the teacher's manual corresponds with the pages in the student manual, with training notes at the bottom of each page. The chapters focus on victim impacts and accountability for various crime types: property crime, drug offenses, violent crime, domestic violence, crimes against the elderly, child maltreatment, sexual assault, assault, robbery, drunk driving death and injury, and homicide. Guidance for instructors in teaching each chapter pertain to sections in the student manual. They include vocabulary, chapter objectives, accountability, critical thinking and problemsolving skills, personal safety, supplemental resources, teaching methods, and resources and equipment. Introductory sections of the instructor's manual address interactive training techniques and the selection of victim impact speakers. A 124-item annotated bibliography