Understanding what you can and cannot control in your life, and not worrying about what you cannot control. Knowing your needs and how to meet them. Responding rationally to problems. It isn't for the moment you are struck that you need courage. It is for the long uphill climb back to sanity and faith and security.
Information is the key to a crime victim's efforts to put their life back on track.
Accessible information through the Sheriffs' Victim Hotline gives victims a sense of security and helps them stay informed and involved. Crime victims and the general public call the Sheriffs' Hotline and use basic information such as an offender's name or booking number to locate an inmate. Caller may then register to receive automatic notification by providing a telephone number and choosing a 4-digit PIN code. When an offender is transferred or released, the Sheriffs' Hotline calls each registered person for 48 hours or until the contacted person confirms the call by entering his or her PIN code. Mr. MacDonald, who grew up in a housing project in South Boston, has been responsible for implementing successful violence prevention programs and a gun buy-back program in Boston.