Providing Resources for the General Public

We have provided the following resources to help those in the general public who may face similar life safety and privacy challenges due to stalking, mentally-ill pursuers, and domestic violence.

Love Me Not is the Los Angeles County District Attorney's proactive, informative anti-stalking program aimed at college students and provides a stalking hotline, counseling services, Personal Security Awareness Training, and specially trained prosecutors, investigators and victim advocates. www.lovemenot.org

The National Domestic Violence Violence Hotline is staffed 24 hours a day by trained counselors who can provide crisis assistance and information about shelters, legal advocacy, health care centers, and counseling. www.ndvh.org/ 

The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse educates the general public on how to protect their personal privacy and provides information on a variety of informational privacy issues, as well as practical tips on safeguarding personal privacy.  www.privacyrights.org 

The National Center for Victims of Crime is the nation’s most effective resource and advocacy center for victims of crime. www.ncvc.org

The Office for Victims of Crime advocates for the fair treatment of crime victims. www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ 

Safe At Home allows state and local agencies throughout California to coordinate with the Secretary of State to protect the addresses of victims of domestic violence and stalking.  This confidential address program provides a no-cost mail forwarding service to the general public. www.ss.ca.gov/safeathome/

The National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a nonprofit, grassroots, self-help, support and advocacy organization of consumers, families, and friends of people with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and anxiety disorders. www.nami.org/

Wired Kids, Inc. is a U.S. charity dedicated to protecting all Internet users, especially children, from cybercrime and abuse. It operates several programs and Web sites designed to help everyone learn how to protect their privacy and security online and to teach responsible Internet use.. www.wiredkids.com/

The Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW) is a non-profit, multi-cultural, feminist, community-based volunteer organization. Their mission is the elimination of violence against women, youth and children through working toward social change, equality and social justice. www.lacaaw.org/home.html 

The Violence Against Women Office (VAWO) of the Office of Justice Programs, United States Department of Justice was created in 1995 to implement the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and to lead the national effort to stop domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.  http://www.usdoj.gov/ovw/ 

An Abuse, Rape & Domestic Violence Aid & Resource Collection Web site provides links to the stalking laws in all fifty states as well as other information about stalking.  www.aardvarc.org/ 

Working to Halt Online Abuse (WHOA) is a volunteer organization founded in 1997 to fight online harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims.  www.haltabuse.org/ 

National Victim Assistance Academy 2000 Text, Stalking

 

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and therefore is committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children.  www.ncadv.org/ 

The American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence provides valuable information about a wide-range of domestic violence issues and extensive links to other resources and organizations. The website includes listings of ABA policies, training materials, legal briefs, and sample legal forms relevant to domestic violence issues and proceedings.  www.abanet.org/domviol/home.html 

NCMEC serves as a focal point in providing assistance to parents, children, law enforcement, schools, and the community in recovering missing children and raising public awareness about ways to help prevent child abduction, molestation, and sexual exploitation.  www.missingkids.com/

The National Organization for Victim Assistance is a private, non-profit, 501(c)(3) 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.  www.try-nova.org/

 

 

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