Battered Women - Counseling for raped, assaulted and abused women, 24 hour telephone help line. Totally confidential.

Community United Against Violence (CUAV) - CUAV offers on violence prevention services (particularly for hate and domestic violence) to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities.

National Center For The Victims of Crime - nation’s leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims. Since 1985, we have worked with more than 10,000 grassroots organizations and criminal justice agencies serving millions of crime victims.

National Organization For Victim Assistance - NOVA advocates for victims' rights, assists service providers, provides direct victim assistance, offers training, and coordinates a National Crisis Response Team and the National Crime Victim Information and Referral Hotline (1-800-879-6682).

National Victims Constitutional Amendment Project - NVCAN is a 501(c)(3) organization supporting the adoption of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizing the fundamental rights of crime victims to be treated with dignity, fairness, and respect by the criminal justice system. Its Web site features:

Office for Victims of Crime - Oversees programs that have been designed to benefit and assist victims of crime. Stop Prisoner Rape - This site is committed to combating the rape of male and female prisoners and to helping survivors of jailhouse rape.

Victim-Assistance Online - Information, research and networking resource for victim assistance specialists and professionals in related disciplines.

Witness Justice - Witness Justice provides trauma victims and their loved ones with resources that promote physical, psychological, and spiritual healing. The site features access to experts, message boards, and other print and electronic victim resources.