The coalition and the Sarpy County Victim Assistance Program are sponsoring the certification program. The Nebraska Crime Commission is paying the bulk of the expense for the workshop through money from the Victims of Crime Act, Lehotyak said. Workshop participants will return in five months for a day of testing and will then receive victim assistance program certification through Washburn University. Participants are from Omaha to Scottsbluff and filled the number of openings for the class, Lehotyak said. Underwood asked participants to describe who's most at risk for being a crime victim.
Most victims are males.
He showed a graph illustrating that juvenile crime peaks at 3 p.m. daily. He suggested that after-school programs will have more of a deterrent on crime than curfews. Complete victim assistance programs offer a continuum of services, including prevention, crisis and initial intervention, recovery assistance, collaboration and advocacy. The loss has an identifiable cause. The legal or moral context of the loss entitles people to social concern.