ABSTRACT

Feel the terror and anger experienced by crime victims as you read accounts of the highly charged therapy sessions at New York City’s Crime Victims’Counseling Services, the first group therapy services for crime victims of its kind. This emotionally charged book contains actual transcripts of interviews with crime victims as they explain the violations against them--their recollections of the assault itself and their feelings afterward. Their stories provide insights into the acute and profound trauma that crime victimization evokes. The helping and healing processes are a catharsis for the victim--and powerful reading for the rest of us.

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction

“A Blow of Redirection”

chapter 2|12 pages

Genesis

part |253 pages

Crime Victims Speak

chapter 4|55 pages

One

Lynn

chapter 5|22 pages

Two

Danny

chapter 6|26 pages

Three

Nana

chapter 7|28 pages

Four

HAL

chapter 8|20 pages

Five

Jenny

chapter 9|45 pages

Six

Rita

chapter 10|15 pages

Seven

Barney

chapter 11|29 pages

Eight

Wanda