最尊严的捐赠

"5·12"汶川大地震牵动着全国人民的心,这就是发生在江苏某募捐点的一个真实故事。中午时分.一名头发花白的乞讨老人端着讨饭碗,在贴着灾区图片的宣传牌前止步.他看了一会儿.然后哆哆嗦嗦地找遍身上褴褛     

灾后社工机构的定位与发展——以中山大学灾后重建工作站为例

汶川地震之后，各种非政府组织紧急行动，展开了千乡万村的生命救援活动，并通过筹集善款、心理干预、物资配送等多种方式积极介入。随着紧急救援的结束与灾后重建的进行，灾区的工作重心发生了改变，各组织都面临着工作任务转型、工作思路调整、工作策略修正等系列问题。     

四川灾区告急！古稀老医生带队奔赴灾区

四川汶川遭受特大地震灾害。全国人民心急如焚，军民共赴灾区，抢险救援。在这些动人的事迹中，我们得知，在古老的燕赵大地，在古冀州衡水，有—位75岁的离休老医生，在第一时间组织了—支7人抗震救灾医疗小分队，自费自带医疗器械，自带救护车向灾区挺进……这是河北民间的第一支抗震救灾医疗队。 这位可敬的老医生，名叫吴殿华。     

社会工作介入灾害救援和灾后重建思考（下）

二是摸清需求。摸清灾区群众需求是确保外部社会工作力量有效介入灾区服务的前提。汶川地震发生后,民政部立即联合中国社会工作协会、中国社会工作教育协会等社会组织和北京大学等高校赶赴灾区,深入了解社会工作介入灾害救援和灾后恢复重建的必要性与可行性;四川省民政厅与西南财经大学组成联合调查组,就灾区民政工作和群众需求开展问卷调查,为政府决策提供第一手资料;     

刘猛：不愿成为孤独的“志愿英雄”

刘猛,河北经贸大学心理学讲师、河北省心理危机干预委员会常务委员、高级心理咨询师督导师,但是,在汶川地震后的一年多时间里,刘猛更多地是作为“灾区幸存的志愿者代表”、“灾区救援优秀民间组织创始人”被提及。     

从芦山地震的独特性看社工服务开展

4·20芦山地震是继5·12汶川地震后在四川地区发生的又一次强烈地震.参照汶川地震的相关经验,灾难所带来的心理阴影预计还会在较长一段时间内困扰灾区人民的生产生活,而根据雅安地区的地质地貌特征,震后次生灾害的影响亦不容忽视. 地震发生后,政府和民间力量迅速展开救援,取得了较为显著的成效.但在工作内容上,两者都是以紧急救援、资源筹集、物资发放等为主,由于内容相似,两者的救助和服务有重合之处,也在一定程度上带来了管理的混乱和资源发放的无序.     

我不想流泪并非我不哀伤

2008年5月12日,这必将成为国人永难忘怀的一天。当天下午14时28分,四川省汶川县发生8.0级特大地震。这是自1976年唐山大地震以来,国内最为严重也是波及范围最广的一次地震灾害。这一天,成千上万人再也看不到当晚的星空;这一天,全国人民感受到的不仅是物理上的震动,更是心灵上巨大的悲怆……在此,我们深情期望:全国人民一起为汶川大地震死难者致哀,为灾区民众祈福!向地震灾区人民伸出援助之手!愿受灾同胞早日重建家园!     

校园简讯

★惊悉四川汶川大地震，人民群众遭受严重的伤亡和财产损失。老年大学楷书三班师生踊跃捐款，共筹集善款970元。大家表示，要向灾区群众伸出援助之手，献上一片爱心，帮助灾区人民重建家园。     

社会工作介入抗震救灾和灾后恢复重建报告

5·12汶川特大地震发生后,针对灾区群众需求多元,社会问题复杂多样,人与社会、人与自然之间关系严重失衡的现实,民政部、国务院妇儿工委、四川省民政质部分灾区对口援建省市民政部门、灾区各级政府以及各类社会工作行业管理机构、多种社会服务组织积极整合社会工作专业力量,采取有效措施,支援灾区、服务灾区,在我国开创了社会工作介入灾害救援和灾后恢复重建的先河,有力推动了灾区社会工作制度建设与实务开展,稳步推进了灾后恢复重建和灾区社会发展步伐。     

汶川灾区重建该从何处着手?

汶川5·12大地震灾害造成破坏之烈、波及地域之广，为近百年来所罕见。其中，重灾区达10万平方公里，包括绵阳、德阳、阿坝、广元等6个市州，88个县、区和1204个乡镇，涉及2700多万人。随着救援阶段的结束，灾后重建开始提上议事日程。汶川灾区的恢复与重建该从何处着手？灾区的生态环境如何修复和改善？请看环境专家如是说——     

Fear and expectations: differences among female victims of domestic violence who come to the attention of the police

This study investigated a broad range of female victims of domestic partner abuse who came to the attention of the police. Ninety-five consecutive victims were interviewed by officers in a police department's domestic violence unit. Twenty-two percent of the victims matched expectations of women who were both afraid of their abusers and expected future abuse. Surprisingly, 46% of the victims were unafraid of their offenders and believed that future abuse was unlikely. A consistent pattern of findings supports the conclusion that a much broader range of victims than expected comes to the attention of the police. These results suggest exploring alternative police responses for different types of victims.     

Childhood Coping Strategies of Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Female Sexual Abuse Victims

A sample of 66 college women's retrospective reports of childhood sexual abuse was examined in order to identify the coping strategies implemented by victims of intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual abuse at the time of their victimization Results indicated that both intrafamilial and extrafamilial victims reported attempts to regulate their distress (with emotion-focused coping strategies) and to impact the actual abuse situation (using problem-focused coping strategies). However, intrafamilial victims reported employing more of both types of coping as compared to extrafamilial victims. With regard to more specific types of emotion-focused coping, intrafamilial victims reported using more wishful thinking, detachment self-blame, and self-isolation. Differences between the two groups are also examined on a strategy-by-strategy basis. The implications of these results are discussed with regard lo clinical interventions for victims.     

Comparing gang and individual rapes in a community sample of urban women

Little research has compared victims of gang and individual rapes, with only a few studies of college and police samples. This study compared gang (e.g., multiple offender) and individual (e.g., single offender) rapes in a large, diverse sample of female victims from the community. Comparisons of trauma histories (e.g., child sexual abuse), assault characteristics (e.g., offender violence) and outcomes (sexual acts, physical injuries), and current functioning (e.g., posttraumatic stress disorder, lifetime suicide attempts) showed that gang rape victims were worse off overall compared with victims of single offenders. In terms of help seeking, there were few differences in informal support seeking, but gang rape victims perceived their social networks more negatively. Gang rape victims reported to police, medical, and mental health sources more often than single-offender victims and received more negative social reactions from those they told about their assaults. Suggestions for future research and intervention with gang rape victims are provided.     

Accounting for Victimization: Social Constructionist Perspectives

This paper reviews research and theory on the social construction of victims and victimization. There are four areas of inquiry: victims’ self‐processes, the collaborative accomplishment of victimization, social problems claims‐making, and social movement framing. Scholars in each area take a symbolic interactionist perspective. Because victimization is potentially stigmatizing, much of this research and analysis draws on the literature on vocabularies of motive, aligning activities, and accounts. Literature on self‐processes examines how victims come to see themselves as victims and their situations as deviant. Often, when they try to establish their victim identities with others, they can be discredited or blamed if they do not meet expectations of typical victims. When people want to show that a social problem exists, they use images of victims to evoke sympathy and other emotions. Sometimes, collective identities may not be sympathetic, and also need to be managed, through the framing work of activists.     

Shelter Service Utilization of Domestic Violence Victims

This study examines service utilization among 283 adult victims of domestic violence identified by crisis responders as being in need of crisis services. The purpose of this study is to explore the differences between the domestic violence victims who choose to utilize shelter services and those who do not. Findings suggest that domestic violence victims who were more likely to utilize shelter services included those who had children at the time of the incident, victims who called for assistance from a location other than their home, victims who did not have a current order of protection in place, and victims who were injured during the domestic violence incident. Implications suggest more specific services to be provided by shelters.     

Father–Daughter Incest: Data from an Anonymous Computerized Survey

Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self-interview. Nineteen were classified as victims of father–daughter incest, and 241 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The remaining 1,261 served as controls. Incest victims were more likely than controls to endorse feeling damaged, psychologically injured, estranged from one or both parents, and shamed by others when they tried to open up about their experience. They had been eroticized early on by the incest experience, and it interfered with their adult sexuality. Incest victims experienced coitus earlier than controls and after reaching age 18 had more sex partners and were more likely to have casual sex outside their primary relationship and engage in sex for money than controls. They also had worse scores on scales measuring depression, sexual satisfaction, and communication about sex than controls.     

Father-daughter incest: data from an anonymous computerized survey

Retrospective data were entered anonymously by 1,521 adult women using computer-assisted self-interview. Nineteen were classified as victims of father-daughter incest, and 241 were classified as victims of sexual abuse by an adult other than their father before reaching 18 years of age. The remaining 1,261 served as controls. Incest victims were more likely than controls to endorse feeling damaged, psychologically injured, estranged from one or both parents, and shamed by others when they tried to open up about their experience. They had been eroticized early on by the incest experience, and it interfered with their adult sexuality. Incest victims experienced coitus earlier than controls and after reaching age 18 had more sex partners and were more likely to have casual sex outside their primary relationship and engage in sex for money than controls. They also had worse scores on scales measuring depression, sexual satisfaction, and communication about sex than controls.     

Training Knowledge of Professionals on Specific Topics in Child Sexual Abuse

This exploratory study examined the training background and self-reported level of knowledge of a group of professionals on specific topics in child sexual abuse. The results show that while the vast majority of those working with adult victims, female victims, and incest victims have received training, many professionals working in the area of child sexual abuse treatment have not had training on topics directly related to their work. It was found that fewer than 40% of those working with female offenders, victims and offenders who are gay or lesbian, victims and offenders who have developmental disabilities, or in cases where cultural issues are relevant, have had training in working with these types of cases. Those professionals who had received training reported feeling more knowledgeable on these topics than did those without training. It is recommended that graduate degree programs and continuing education programs examine their offerings in the area of child sexual abuse.     

Examining the nexus between domestic violence and animal abuse in a national sample of service providers

Companion animals play a complex role in families impacted by violence. An outlet of emotional support for victims, the family pet often becomes a target for physical abuse. Results from a comprehensive e-survey of domestic violence shelters nationwide (N = 767) highlight both improvements and existing gaps in service provision for domestic violence victims and their pets. Quantitative and qualitative data noted frequently encountered obstacles to successful shelter seeking by abuse victims with companion animals including a lack of availability, funding, space, and reliable programming. Although results indicate an overall improvement in organizational awareness, fewer than half of surveyed shelters include intake questions about animals. Continued awareness and an expansion of services is needed to create viable safety planning strategies and reliable alternatives for women with companion animals in order to improve the likelihood that abuse victims will seek escape and refuge for themselves, their children, and their pets.     

An empirical study of stalking victimization

This article empirically studies the phenomenon of stalking and its victims by utilizing a random sample of college students at a large public University. The study found that 25% of the women and 11% of the men had been stalked at some point in their lives and that six percent were currently being stalked. Additionally, the study found that the majority of stalking victims are women who are stalked by male offenders. The sample reported being stalked for an average of 347 days and having engaged in a variety of actions in response. A substantial number of victims reported being threatened by their stalkers. This threat was associated with higher levels of fear among the victims and a greater chance of physical attack by the stalkers, particularly for the female victims.