Victims of crime

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The ADA site provides access to ADA regulations and technical assistance materials, including information about U.S. Department of Justice ADA settlement agreements and enforcement activities. ADA.gov centralizes key ADA information and links to Federal resources, including ADA Standards for Accessible Design, updates on new ADA requirements, and the ADA Information Line: 800-514-0301 (voice) or 833-610-1264 (TTY).

U.S. Department of State: Services for Victims

The U.S. Department of State assists U.S. citizens who become victims of crime while abroad.

Overseas: consular officers, agents, and staff work with crime victims and help them with the local police and medical systems.
Domestically: the office of Overseas Citizens Services will stay in touch with family members in the U.S. and help provide U.S.-based resources for the victim when possible.

Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC)

OVC TTAC provides comprehensive training, technical assistance, and other support to assist the field in building its collective capacity to serve crime victims. OVC TTAC can support organizations through the National Victim Assistance Academy, webinars and other online trainings, instructor materials, and more!

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Uniform Crime Reporting

The Uniform Crime Reporting Program provides statistics on crime in the United States gathered from thousands of city, university and college, county, state, Tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies.

Childstats.gov

This website offers easy access to statistics and reports on children and families, including family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education and health. The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics fosters coordination, collaboration, and integration of federal efforts to collect and report data on conditions and trends for children and families.

Department of Defense: Family Advocacy Program

The Family Advocacy Program serves as a resource for military families experiencing family violence by promoting healthy family relationships; encouraging early identification and prompt reporting; promoting victim safety and empowerment; and providing appropriate support to service members, their partners, and their family members

U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics, including data on workplace violence.

Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking

The Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking is committed to the development of community-based responses to crime and violence that strengthen social harmony and individual healing through dialogue, repair of harm, and peace-building by providing technical assistance, training, and research in support of restorative dialogue practices.

National Indian Child Welfare Association

This organization works to build Tribal capacity to keep Native children safe, supported, and connected to their families and communities.

International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse

The International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse strives to increase society's ability to recognize and respond to the mistreatment of older people. The site features published resources and regional contacts.

National Center on Child Fatality Review and Prevention

This organization supports a nationwide system of child fatality review and infant mortality review teams to improve the health, safety and well-being of children and reduce preventable child fatalities and severe injuries.

National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center

The Center is devoted to achieving a better understanding the scope, nature, and mental health impact of exposure to crime and other traumatic events. The Center strives to improve the mental health of victims of crime and other traumatic events through research, education, prevention, treatment, public policy consultation, and collaboration.

Yale Center for Traumatic Stress and Recovery

The Center provides trauma-informed treatments and services to children and families, builds professional knowledge through clinical research, and advances the field of child trauma treatment through collaboration, training, and dissemination.

Polaris Project

Polaris Project's comprehensive approach to combating human trafficking includes conducting direct outreach and victim identification, providing social services and transitional housing to victims, operating the National Human Trafficking Hotline, advocating for state and Federal anti-trafficking legislation, and engaging community members in local and national grassroots efforts.

World Society of Victimology

The World Society of Victimology is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that advances victimological research and practices around the world; encourages interdisciplinary and comparative work and research in this field, and advances cooperation between international, national, regional, and local agencies and other groups who are concerned with the problems of victims.

VictimLaw

VictimLaw is a unique and groundbreaking resource, which offers user-friendly access to thousands of victims' rights statutes (state and federal), Tribal laws, constitutional amendments, court rules, and administrative code provisions. VictimLaw is managed by the OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center.

U.S. Department of Justice: Tribal Justice and Safety

The Tribal Justice and Safety website provides information for American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal governments to further improve the safety of their communities. This site also provides information to the general public and other federal agencies to better understand the resources available for improving safety in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

The clearinghouse provides identity theft resources, consumer information, publications, and advocacy.

Prevent Child Abuse America

Prevent Child Abuse America promotes prevention strategies and provides advocacy, programs, resources, and answers to commonly asked questions about child abuse and neglect.

U.S. Department of Justice: Office on Violence Against Women

The Office on Violence Against Women provides federal leadership to reduce violence against women and to administer justice for and strengthen services to all victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Office of Refugee Resettlement

The Office of Refugee Resettlement helps refugees and other special populations (such as adult victims of severe forms of trafficking) obtain economic and social self-sufficiency in the United States. They are responsible for certifying adult victims of human trafficking so that they may receive federally funded benefits and services to the same extent as refugees.

National Organization for Victim Advocacy

The National Organization for Victim Advocacy advocates for dignity and compassion for those harmed by crime. Among the services they provide are skill-based and survivor-centered training to victim advocates and crisis responders.

National Indian Justice Center

The National Indian Justice Center is an independent national resource for Tribal courts. The Center designs and delivers legal education, research, and technical assistance programs to help improve Tribal courts systems and the administration of justice in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

National Crime Victim Law Institute

This organization actively promotes comprehensive and enforceable legal rights for crime victims, and access to knowledgeable attorneys to help protect those rights in every case, through victim centered legal advocacy, education, and resources.

National CASA/GAL Association for Children

This organization provides advocacy, public education, and resources for court appointed special advocate (CAS) and guardian ad litem (GAL) programs across the country. The association also trains CASA and GAL volunteers, who work to find safe, permanent homes for abused and neglected children.

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