LINKS TO OTHER SITES OF INTEREST
The Victims and
the Media Program at
Michigan State
University's School of
Journalism
Information for victims, victim advocates
and journalists
on how to report on vi5tims with dignity,
sensitivity, and respect.
Michigan Balanced and
Restorative Justice
This website offers information
about Balanced and
Restorative Justice and links to other
sites of interest
Building Restorative
Communities
A Michigan initiative to promote
healthy youth and families
Policing.com -
Dedicated to Community Policing
The Campaign for an
Effective Crime Policy
An organization of progressive
criminal justice professionals,
academics and community leaders
working together to build
safer neighborhoods and reduce
crime through policies based
on sound information and research – not
sound bites and
political rhetoric.
S.A.F.E.S
Survivors Advocating
for an Effective System, a new
organization in Oregon organized
by Arwen Bird.
Restitution Incorporated helps
inmates--particularly those
who have committed violent crimes--make
restitution to their
victims. The goal is not coercion but healing.
National Victims' Organizations
United States Department of Justice - Office for Victims of
Crime
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc
Violence Against Women Office
http://www.usdoj.gov/vawo
Violence Against Women
This site is a cooperative project of MINCAVA - the Minnesota Center Against
Violence & Abuse at the University of Minnesota and VAWGO - the Violence
Against Women's Grants Office, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department
of Justice. This Website is devoted to providing law, criminal justice, advocacy,
and social service professionals with up-to-date information on interventions
to stop violence against women.
http://www.vaw.umn.edu/about.asp
U.S. Department of Justice
Crime and Victim Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics,
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cvict.htm
Crime Beat Gazette
A bi-monthly newsletter with tips and informtion for citizens on what they
can do to make their communities safer.
http://www.TheCrimeBeatGazette.com
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Linea Nacional sobre la Violencia Domestica.
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TDD).
The National Domestic Violence Hotline links individuals to help in their area
using a nationwide database that includes detailed information on domestic
violence shelters, other emergency shelters, legal advocacy and assistance
programs, and social service programs. Available assistance in 139 languages.
http://www.inetport.com/~ndvh/
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADA)
http://www.webmerchants.com/ncadv/default.htm
...additional information on NCADA...
http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/ncadv/ncadv002.htm
The National Center for PTSD - An excellent resource on the
topic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
http://www.ncptsd.org/
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
http://www.istss.com/
National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/
Crime Prevention Bulletin
http://www2.fugitive.org/crimeprevention/
National Crime Prevention Council
http://www.ncpc.org/
Dignity of Victims Everywhere (DOVE)
http://www.eskimo.com/~yaquii/
Justice Information Center -
National Criminal Justice Research Service - An entire subsection on victim
issues http://www.ncjrs.org
Sexual Assault Statistics and Studies
http://www.ywcamid.org/rcc/stats.htm
Disaster Center
http://www.disastercenter.com/trama.htm
9th International Conference on Victimology
Amsterdam - The Netherlands
http://www.victimology.nl/
National Victim Center
http://www.nvc.org/
Victim Assistance Online
http://www.mnsi.net/~rmccall/homepage.html
Parents of Murdered Children, Inc - national
http://www.metroguide.com/~world/pomc/
MADD
http://www.olympic.net/MADD/
Security on Campus, Inc.,
Victim Organizations by Region
http://www.soconline.org/ASSISTANCE/index.html
Center for Crime Victims Rights Resources & Remedies at the
University of New Haven
http://www.newhaven.edu/UNH/ShowcaseSites/CenterStudyCrimeVictims.html
Crisis Resources
http://www.access.digex.net/~nova/resource.htm
Incest Survivors Resources Network International
http://www.zianet.com/ISRNI/
The Klaas Foundation for Children
http://www.klaaskids.org/
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD/
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
http://www.missingkids.org/
Victims of Violence Canadian Centre for Missing Children
http://www.childcybersearch.org/v_of_v/
Stop Abuse for Everyone
http://ursula.uoregon.edu/~jarubick/safe/
Nicole Brown Simpson Charitable Foundation
http://www.nbscf.org/
Child Watchers
http://www.childwatchers.com/
Communities Against Violence Network
http://www.asksam.com/cavnet/
Electronic Journal of Intimate Violence
http://alpha.acast.nova.edu/health/psy/file-desc/file50.html
Victim Support - London, England
http://webworlds.net/cathus/victims.html
Victims of Crime in Jersey (England)
http://www.cicd.com/services/sjp/vs.html |
