The Crime Victim's Book
- ISBN-10
- 0876304153
- ISBN-13
- 9780876304150
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Brunner-Routledge
- Author
- Morton Bard
Description
Concentrating on such personal crimes as mugging, robbery, and rape, this book provides emotional support as well as practical information on where to seek legal, medical, and psychological help and briefly details police and court procedures
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