Monday, March 23, 2009

What is a Rape Crisis Center? What is it supposed to do?

What is a rape crisis center?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_crisis_center

Rape crisis centers evolved in order to help victims of rape, sexual abuse, and other forms of sexual violence.

http://rapecrisis.com/#

Every day tragedy meets someone who is victimized by sexual violence. The Rape Crisis Center for Children & Adults is there, providing immediate crisis care, support, and hope to those individuals and families afflicted by this horrific crime.

Crisis Intervention includes crisis counseling through a 24-hour crisis intervention hotline and hospital accompaniment services, as well as an On-line Hotline, in which the RCC staff members are the Lead National Supervisors.

http://www.therapecrisiscenter.org/

In 2008 The RCC provided advocacy to just over 730 victims and doubled hotline calls to just over 8,000.

http://www.dcrcc.org/resources


What is a "rape crisis center" supposed to do?

A rape crisis center is supposed to give advice, and in some cases take legal action. From the following research that i've done I found that:

http://www.nswrapecrisis.com.au/Information%20Sheets/My-child-has-been-sexually-assaulted.htm

This website gives whom ever is in need of this kind of center the opportunity to recieve help and some guidlines as to what might be going on. This is website is what a rape crisis center is supposed to be.

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