PMID- 15461108
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050124
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0022-1198 (Print)
IS  - 0022-1198 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 5
DP  - 2004 Sep
TI  - The impact of anti-stalking training on front line service providers: using the 
      anti-stalking training evaluation protocol (ASTEP).
PG  - 1050-5
AB  - The Anti-Stalking Training Evaluation Protocol (ASTEP) was developed to provide 
      Safe Horizon, a large victim service provider, with an opportunity to evaluate 
      and improve its anti-stalking training program. This report presents the results 
      of this effort to measure Safe Horizon staff's knowledge and general perceptions 
      about stalking, and to assess the impact of anti-stalking training on knowledge 
      about the anti-stalking law, and stalking in general. Although these trainees 
      appeared familiar with stalking issues, they were able to benefit from 
      information about different types of stalkers and stalking, and about the legal 
      options available to victims. The implication of the findings is that, if 
      relatively well-informed staff members of a large victim services agency can 
      benefit from training about stalking behavior, anti-stalking legislation and the 
      needs of stalking victims, there is almost certainly a need for such training 
      among a wider population of victim service providers, law enforcement 
      professionals, and the general public.
FAU - Harmon, Ronnie B
AU  - Harmon RB
AD  - Bellevue Hospital Center Forensic Psychiatry Clinic , New York, N.Y. 10013, USA. 
      ronnie.harmon@med.nyu.edu
FAU - O'Connor, Maureen
AU  - O'Connor M
FAU - Forcier, Anick
AU  - Forcier A
FAU - Collins, Melissa
AU  - Collins M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Forensic Sci
JT  - Journal of forensic sciences
JID - 0375370
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Crime Victims
MH  - Crisis Intervention
MH  - Female
MH  - Forensic Psychiatry
MH  - Hotlines
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - New York
MH  - *Social Behavior
MH  - Social Support
MH  - Social Work/*education/organization & administration
EDAT- 2004/10/06 09:00
MHDA- 2005/01/26 09:00
CRDT- 2004/10/06 09:00
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/01/26 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2004/10/06 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Forensic Sci. 2004 Sep;49(5):1050-5.