Victims of crime
Institute on Violence, Abuse and Trauma
The Institute provides information on many areas of family violence and sexual assault.
Futures Without Violence
Futures Without Violence develops strategies, programs, and resources to stop family violence. Its website offers a news desk and prevention toolkits and information on Futures Without Violence's programs and services in public education, child welfare, immigration, public health, and criminal justice.
Department of Defense: Victim and Witness Assistance Council
Child Welfare League of America
The Child Welfare League of America serves abused and neglected children and their families. Services include child abuse prevention and treatment, youth programs, residential treatment, child daycare, and family preservation.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
A service of the Children's Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Child Welfare Information Gateway promotes the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families by connecting child welfare, adoption and related professionals as well as the general public to timely, essential information.
Child Find of America
This nonprofit charity works to locate missing children for free and works to prevent child abduction. Child Find performs investigations, distributes photos, mediates, and disseminates information to the public.
U.S. Department of Justice: Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS)
CEOS works to combat incidences of child exploitation and trafficking of women and children. Issues under the CEOS umbrella include child pornography, illegal interstate or international transportation of women and children, international parental abduction, computer-related exploitation of children, and child victimization on federal and Indian lands.
Office on Trafficking in Persons: Look Beneath the Surface
This campaign works to raise awareness of human trafficking and the factors that make certain populations more at risk. The site offers downloadable campaign materials that your organization can use in your public awareness efforts.
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Victims of Crime
Anti-Slavery International
Anti-Slavery International works to end slavery and related abuses, including human trafficking and forced prostitution. The organization focuses on the rights of people who are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, notably women, children, migrant workers, and indigenous peoples.
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
The Society's mission is to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response. Its website offers related publications and information on legislation and professional education.
American Association for Retired Persons (AARP)
Besides providing services and benefits to its members, AARP is an advocacy organization for issues that are important to the 50+ population. The consumer issues unit deals with the rights and protection of older people.
The Crime Victims Center, Inc.
The Crime Victims Center, Inc. is a community and victim's rights organization dedicated to the prevention and treatment of sexual abuse and the provision of comprehensive trauma informed support services to victims of violent crime, and elderly, minor, and disabled victims of all crime.
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
The overarching goal of the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health is to ensure that all survivors of domestic violence and their children who are experiencing abuse-related trauma and/or living with mental illness can access the services that they may need to enhance their safety and well-being.
Policy Centre for Victim Issues: Victim Services Directory
This Victim Services Directory was created by the Department of Justice Canada to help service providers, victims, and individuals locate services for victims of crime across Canada.
Trauma Intervention Programs, Inc.
Trauma Intervention Programs, Inc. assists citizen volunteers who respond to traumatic incidents at the request of police, fire, and medical personnel.
Academy on Violence and Abuse
The Academy on Violence and Abuse exists to advance health education and research on the prevention, recognition, and treatment of the health effects of violence and abuse.
Salvation Army: Anti-Human Trafficking Initiatives
These pages provide highlights of The Salvation Army's efforts to eradicate human trafficking.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: Missing and Exploited Children
This page provides information about Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention efforts to address missing and exploited children. It offers publications and resources to support victims and their families.
National Institute of Justice: Tribal Crime and Justice
NIJ's research on Tribal crime and justice seeks to—
- provide an accurate reporting of crime and violence,
- provide reliable, valid estimates of the scope of the problem, and
- identify barriers to and possible solutions for dealing with these significant public safety issues.
Office of Justice Programs: Fraud Awareness Special Feature
In an effort to educate businesses and the public about the impact of fraud, as well as to promote basic steps that can be taken to recognize, report, and reduce the risk of becoming a victim of fraudulent activities, the Office of Justice Programs presents this online compilation of resources addressing the fraud.