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FACTSHEET:
School-Based Victim Services

School crime and violence have reached alarming proportions across the country, causing concerns among victims, their families and educators. The creation of school-based victim service programs is proving to be an effective first step towards assisting victims, as well as developing crime prevention programs. Effective victim assistance programs respond to chronic trauma or the victimization that occurs in everyday life as well as the critical trauma or violent incidents that occur on school grounds and campuses.

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Newsletter: Authors

Daisy Arroyo, CSW
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Melissa de Beer
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Christine Fowley, LCSW
Rape Crisis Program Manager, SVCMC St. Vincent’s Manhattan, Department of Community Medicine [more]

Deborah Fry, MPH
Deborah Fry is the Research Coordinator at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Jennie Greene
Jennie Greene works with the Center for Constitutional Rights. [more]

Meghan Guz, MSW
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Peg Horan, CSW
Peg Horan is Coordinator of Barrier Free Justice, at the Kings County District Attorney's Office. [more]

Faith Huckel
Faith Huckel is the Social Work Student Policy Intern at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Martha Kenton
Martha Kenton is a former Social Work Student Policy Intern at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Harriet Lessel, CSW
Ms. Lessel is Executive Director of The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Rachel Lloyd
Rachel Lloyd is the Girls Educational and Mentoring Services (GEMS) Executive Director. [more]

Sharon Loconte
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Margaret Loftus
Margaret Loftus is a Juvenile Justice Project Associate [more]

Erin Lee Mock
Ms. Mock is a member of the Street Harassment Project. [more]

Amy Nystrom
Amy Nystrom is the former Training Coordinator at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Tamara Pollak, RN, MPH
Ms. Pollak is the Forensic Healthcare Program Director at the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Lisa Stein
Lisa Stein is a Director at Bronx Independent Living Services. [more]

Suzanne Towns, CSW
Ms. Towns is the former Director of the Forensic Healthcare Program at The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Kate Woodrow
Kate Woodrow is the Outreach and Education Associate at The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. [more]

Executive Director Harriet Lessel Speaks at the Photovoice Exhibit
Executive Director Harriet Lessel Speaks at the Photovoice Exhibit
Voices and Faces:
Charles Wright III
Charles Wright III, Educator, Activist
"I am a man - and I am a rape victim. People think my story is unusual. But I am speaking out so that others can see that this happens to men, too, a lot more often than they think."
Read more about Charles at The Voices and Faces Project »