South Africa is a country steeped in decades of conflict and animosity. Apartheid and its consequences do not simply die: it has created a society struggling for survival. Against the backdrop of a country and its people still experiencing an extended social crisis, these struggles are socially constructed through various forms of aggressive, traumatic and violent behaviours such as crime victimisation. The resultant effect is that many South Africans are traumatised and require assistance to manage and deal with the impact of traumatic exposure. Counselling and psychological services within the South African context are limited, potentially expensive and often inaccessible to the poor. One way to address the needs of victims of crime and violence, is through the establishment of one-stop multidisciplinary crisis centres that specialise in short term crisis intervention service delivery. One such a crisis centre is the Sinoville Crisis Centre (SCC). The purpose of the study is to present an exploratory qualitative and participatory action research account of the SCC's endeavours and ongoing challenges in providing crisis intervention services as well as to serve as a guideline for future development. Research interviews with seven (7) SCC counsellors were complimented with a focus group interview. Subsequent conclusions were grounded in relation to relevant subject theory. Three (3) broad categories of recommendations are provided. Specific recommendations are levelled in relation to: * The SCC's crisis intervention models * The SCC's need to manage organisational change and loss; and * The SCC's role within the Victim Empowerment Programme. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)

關於「全球化」(Globalization)的現象在近幾年來掀起了一股研究的風潮，主流經濟學在看待「全球化」現象時，往往持正面與肯定的觀點。然而這樣的觀點卻使得全球化的負面效果被嚴重忽略，同時也使得全球化所帶來的矛盾與衝突被隱晦，因此有必要提出有別於主流經濟學的觀點，對於全球化所帶來的種種負面效果提出反思與批判。本文是從馬克思政治經濟學批判的角度，來檢視當前主流經濟學對於「資本流動」（Capital Flow）、「經濟危機」（Economy Crisis）和「全球化」(Globalization)現象的詮釋。並且從資本國際化的面向來解構這些現象所造成的迷思。而迷思的主要關鍵在於：無法看清資本主義矛盾的生產關係的本質。因此本文從資本主義的生產關係的分析開始，解析商品到貨幣，再由貨幣轉化為資本的過程。另外，本文從資本主義平均利潤率趨於下降的規律，以及其矛盾的生產關係所導致危機，來論證資本主義危機的必然性，進一步的驗證「資本國際化」的本質在於避免平均利潤率下降及資本主義危機發生。 　　在分析資本主義生產關係及危機之必然性之後，本文從解構主流經濟學對於「資本流動」、「經濟危機」、「全球化」的論述，論證「資本流動」與「全球化」現象實質上乃是是資本國際化的結果。一方面解構資本主義關係下，由資本國際化所引發的各種現象。另一方面破除現今所流行的「全球化」論述所帶來的迷思，點出「全球化」造成的矛盾之處。並進一步論證資本主義生產關係所導致的危機，是驅使「資本流動」與「全球化」的主要動力。而本文也希望透過馬克思的理論途徑，指出台灣「資本外移」的主因並非如主流經濟學所言，是由於台灣勞動力成本升高導致競爭力下滑。而是資本邏輯運作及其資本主義內部矛盾導致的結果，這乃是本文研究的主要目的。

South Africa is a country steeped in decades of conflict and animosity. Apartheid and its consequences do not simply die: it has created a society struggling for survival. Against the backdrop of a country and its people still experiencing an extended social crisis, these struggles are socially constructed through various forms of aggressive, traumatic and violent behaviours such as crime victimisation. The resultant effect is that many South Africans are traumatised and require assistance to manage and deal with the impact of traumatic exposure. Counselling and psychological services within the South African context are limited, potentially expensive and often inaccessible to the poor. One way to address the needs of victims of crime and violence, is through the establishment of one-stop multidisciplinary crisis centres that specialise in short term crisis intervention service delivery. One such a crisis centre is the Sinoville Crisis Centre (SCC). The purpose of the study is to present an exploratory qualitative and participatory action research account of the SCC's endeavours and ongoing challenges in providing crisis intervention services as well as to serve as a guideline for future development. Research interviews with seven (7) SCC counsellors were complimented with a focus group interview. Subsequent conclusions were grounded in relation to relevant subject theory. Three (3) broad categories of recommendations are provided. Specific recommendations are levelled in relation to: * The SCC's crisis intervention models * The SCC's need to manage organisational change and loss; and * The SCC's role within the Victim Empowerment Programme. / Psychology / M.A. (Psychology)