Australia |
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Support - Including
grief, advocacy and helping others |
| National
Association of Grief & Loss
(VIC) Australia |
| The Association is vividly aware of the
vital importance of public acknowledgment
of situations of loss and grief which have
an impact on an individual, their family
or on the broader community. |
| Healing Hearts Foundation
(AUST) |
| Healing Hearts Foundation website, designed
to offer comfort and easy access to parents,
siblings, friends and families coping with
the loss of a child or loved one. |
| Grief Link (Aust) |
| An information resource on death-related
grief for the community and professionals. |
| VOCAL – The Victim’s
of Crime Assistance League Inc (NSW) Aust |
| VOCAL, The Victims of Crime
Assistance League Inc NSW, was established
in 1989
and offers support services to all victims
of crime. |
| Crime Victims Support Association
Inc (VIC) Aust |
| C.V.S.A is run by victims of crime to assist
any person or persons who becomes a victim
of any criminal act in the State of Victoria. |
| Enough is Enough NSW (Aust) |
| A long term antiviolence project based
on personal responsibility and reform
by education. |
| Angel Hands |
| For family & friends of homicide victims
WA. |
| Bereavement Care Centre |
| The Centre's goals are to provide comprehensive
and accessible counselling and support
services for the terminally ill and their
families, and for those recently bereaved
(i.e. approximately the first two years
after the death of someone with whom
they have a significant relationship). |
| Grief Australia |
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Victims'
Rights |
| Victims Services |
Victims Services is part of the Attorney
General's Department of NSW and consists
of the Victims Compensation Tribunal, the
Victims of Crime Bureau and the Victims
Advisory Board. The three bodies work together
to help victims of crime in New South Wales
access services and entitlements to assist
in their recovery. An additional role of
the Victims of Crime Bureau is to co-ordinate
support to families and friends of missing
people. |
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The Witness Assistance Service is a part of the Office of the Director of Public
Prosecutions (DPP) and is staffed by professionally qualified workers. WAS provides
a range of services to meet the needs of victims of crime and witnesses appearing
in court matters prosecuted by the DPP. The Service aims to reduce the trauma
to crime victims. |
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This website
provides practical information for victims
of crime and service providers assisting
victims about counselling and support
services, police investigations and court
processes, obtaining compensation, domestic
violence and sexual assault and victims
rights. |
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Information |
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MHRT has responsibility for the management
of Forensic Patients, having been found
not guilty under the Mental Health Act. |
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General
criminology & criminal justice resources
(Aust)
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The ACPMH
offers a unique blend of scientific and
clinical knowledge to provide the best
possible outcomes in post traumatic mental
health.
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| Northern
Territory Police Aust |
New Zealand |
| Red
Raincoat NZ Trust |
| The main focus of the Trust
is to offer victims of homicide the aid
and rehabilitation services required to
restore as much normality as possible to
their lives by helping with any practical
advice and assistance deemed appropriate. |
United Kingdom
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| SAMM-Merseyside
(UK) |
| SAMM offers emotional support
to those bereaved through murder and manslaughter.
SAMM feel that as part of our support for
families we must attempt to make society
more aware of the devastating effects of
the dreadful crimes of murder and manslaughter. |
| Support
After Murder & Manslaughter Abroad
(UK) |
| SAMM Abroad (formerly SAMM
Murdered Abroad Survivors Group) exists
specially for people in the UK whose loved
ones are the victims of murder or manslaughter
abroad. |
| Victim
Support for UK and Ireland (UK) |
| Victim Support is the independent
charity which helps people cope with the
effects of crime, providing free and confidential
support and information to help you deal
with you |
| Victims
of Crime Trust (VOCT) UK |
Our aim is to support any individual
who has been bereaved by murder or
manslaughter. |
USA & Canada |
| Grief
Net |
| Centre
for Grief |
| New
Mexico Survivors of Homicide |
| Citizens
Against Homicide |
| The
Centre for Infant & Child Loss (Maryland) |
| United
Way of Midlands Resource Directory |
| Ohio
Homicide Victims Organisation Inc |
| Victim & Victimology
Resources International & Other Countries
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| MADD – Mothers
Against Drunk Driving |
| MurderVictims.com |
| An ever-growing memorial
to the many innocent victims of violent
crime and a source for help for murder
victim survivors, information on murder
statistics, news items, discussion and
support. |
| National
Centre for Victims of Crime |
| National
Association of School Psychologist’s
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| National
Organisation for Victim Assistance |
| NOVA |
| 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. |
| The
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) |
| New
York State Crime Victims Board |
| Parents
of Murdered Children |
| Sandy
City Police, Utah, Victim Assistance
Available resources |
| Arizona
Voice for Crime Victims |
| Abroad
Survivors |
| Crisis,
Grief & Healing |
| The
Child Trauma Institute |
| David
Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages |
| Sidran
Institute Traumatic Stress Education & Advocacy |
| USA
National Mental Health Information Centre |
| Gift
From Within |
| An international organisation
for survivors of trauma & victimisation |
| National
Crime Victims Research & Treatment
Centre |
| Psychological
Trauma Centre |
| Helping victims heal from trauma |
| Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(Canada) |
