Victims of crime

This special feature provides publications and resources and research on American Indian and Alaska Native victims of crime, along with resources on courts, law enforcement, and more.

Coalition Against Trafficking in Women is an organization that promotes women's human rights by working internationally to combat sexual exploitation in all its forms.

The DEA Victim Witness Assistance Program helps to ensure the rights of crime victims encountered in DEA investigations are met.

This association helps set the agenda and determine the direction of state mental health agency interests across the country, historically including state mental health planning, service delivery, and evaluation.

The Indian Health Service is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives.

The ICAC Training and Technical Assistance Program provides training and technical assistance to state and local agencies in support of their ICAC initiatives.

The Foundation Aiding the Elderly serves as a voice for patients and works to bring about national reforms and enforcement of the laws governing the nursing home industry and its regulatory agencies in order to assure proper care, civil rights and meaningful, dignified life for the elderly in long-term care facilities.

The National Adult Protective Services Association provides state Adult Protective Services program administrators and staff with a forum for sharing information, solving problems, and improving the quality of services for victims of elder and vulnerable adult abuse.

The mission of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life is to eliminate abuse in later life by challenging beliefs, policies, practices and systems that allow abuse to occur and continue and to improve safety, services and support to victims through advocacy and education.

SAPRO is responsible for oversight of the U.S. Department of Defense's sexual assault policy. SAPRO works hand-in-hand with the military and civilian communities to develop and implement innovative prevention and response programs. This office provides services to victims of crime, including specialized services to victims of sexual assault.

The mission of this network is to eliminate violence through advancing nursing education, practice, research, and public policy.

The Chadwick Center for Children and Families promotes the health and well-being of abused and traumatized children and their families.

Discover resources on Internet safety for children and consumers, Internet privacy, cyberbullying, and cyberstalking.

The Battered Women's Justice Project offers training, technical assistance, and consultation on the most promising practices of the criminal and civil justice systems in addressing domestic violence.

The Women's Refugee Commission advocates vigorously for laws, policies, and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children, and young people, including those seeking asylum.

MaleSurvivor is committed to preventing, healing and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through treatment, research, education, advocacy and activism.

The Doe Network is an international volunteer organization devoted to assisting law enforcement in solving cold cases concerning unexplained disappearances and unidentified victims. A family support liaison is available to assist families with missing loved ones by answering questions on how to report your loved one missing to law enforcement or adding a listing on their website or NamUs. 

This organization is a forum for information, advocacy, and change to prevent violence against women.

The Network works closely with domestic violence coalitions, allied organization, and individuals to understand the ongoing and emerging needs of domestic violence victims and advocacy programs.

The Family Research Laboratory works to understand family violence and the impact of violence in families.

Pathways to Safety International (formerly the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center) provides crisis services to victims crime outside the United States, including the crimes of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

ECPAT International is a global network of organizations and individuals working together for the elimination of the sexual exploitation of children.

The Child Witness to Violence Project is a counseling, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence.

Use the CyberTipline to report cases of suspected online child sexual exploitation, including: online enticement of children for sexual acts, child sexual molestation, child sexual abuse material, child sex tourism, child sex trafficking, unsolicited obscene materials sent to a child, misleading domain names, and misleading words or digital images on the Internet.