Children Who Witness Homicide and Other Violent Crimes: A Practical Guide for Law Enforcement, Child Services and Mental Health Professionals (A Practical Guide Series)

This book is meant for professionals and families whose lives have been marked forever by exposure to the tragedies of human violence. Is for those on the front lines - police, paramedics, and child protection specialists confronted with interviewing children amidst the shock that accompanies the investigation of a violent crime. This book is for every nurse, physician and mental health practitioner charged with the care in healing of children in the aftermath of violence. It is for criminal justice personnel who see both victims and perpetrators of violence on a daily basis and yearn for just, moral and ethical solutions. And with gratitude, this book is for those who looked violence in the face and survived to tell their stories. For these profound accounts remind us not to trivialize violence, but instead call us to research and service. --- from book's Introductory notes