Criminal Justice Topics: Victims of Crimes

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National Center for Victims of Crimes
The National Center for Victims of Crime is a leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims. Since 1985, they have worked with more than 10,000 grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies serving millions of crime victims. The mission of the National Center for Victims of Crime is to forge a national commitment to help victims of crime rebuild their lives. 

Federal Bureau of Investigation: Victim Assistance
Materials designed to help the victims of crime receive the rights to which they are entitled and help them cope with the effects of crime.  

National Organization for Victim Assistance
The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private, non-profit organization of victim and witness assistance programs and practitioners, criminal justice agencies and professionals, mental health professionals, researchers, former victims and survivors, and others committed to the recognition and implementation of victim rights and services.  

Office for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice
The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) was established to oversee diverse programs that benefit victims of crime.  This website provides a variety of full-text publications and statistics pertaining to victims of crime.