Table 3
Percentage of victim service agencies that perform a service directly and/or through referral by type of service, 2007/2008

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Type of services Direct service Contracted service Referral Not applicable
percent
General services
General information 95 1 10 3
Emotional support 93 1 14 2
Liaise with other agencies on behalf of client 91 0 14 5
Public awareness/prevention 90 1 13 5
Safety planning-immediate 87 0 25 3
Crisis intervention/response 82 4 24 4
Training 73 2 19 12
Safety planning-long term 69 1 39 6
Hospital accompaniment 66 1 26 15
Advocacy 65 0 35 13
Transportation 55 3 41 17
Emergency and disaster responses 50 1 32 29
Claims assistance 46 0 54 13
Crisis counselling 43 1 61 5
Counselling-individual 34 3 66 5
Crisis/distress line 27 0 62 17
Basic needs provision 26 1 73 13
Psychological assistance 26 1 71 9
Lobbying activities 22 0 22 58
Counselling-group 22 2 68 12
Self-help/peer support groups 22 3 70 9
Shelter/housing-emergency 19 1 78 11
Counselling-couple/family 16 1 76 14
Compensation-financial 15 1 70 18
Housing assistance 15 0 79 13
Compensation-other 11 4 65 24
Conflict resolution 11 0 67 25
First aid/health/medical services 10 0 75 17
Other service 9 0 1 7
Shelter/housing-long term housing 4 0 87 13
Child protection services 4 0 86 12
Criminal justice-related services
Information on criminal justice system structure and process 91 2 24 1
Court accompaniment 86 2 23 3
Assistance with victim impact statements 82 2 21 4
Court orientation/information 78 2 28 5
Victim/witness preparation 77 2 28 8
Case/trial updates 73 0 24 10
Critical stress debriefing 66 3 36 9
Risk assessment (conduct or coordinate) 65 0 31 16
Victim notification 61 1 33 15
Prevention training (for victims) 59 1 36 13
Legal information 45 0 61 6
Restorative justice/mediation measures: accompaniment and support 28 0 49 29
Other criminal justice related service 22 2 2 5
Restorative justice/mediation measures: orientation and information 18 1 58 32
Note: Totals exceed 100% due to multiple responses.
Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Victim Services Survey, 2007/2008.
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