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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 |
| Family of Friends of Missing Persons NSW |
| The Families and Friends of Missing Persons Unit (FFMPU) was established in September 2000 and is funded by the New South Wales Government. It is a discrete function of the Victims of Crime Bureau in the Attorney General’s Department of NSW. The FFMPU’s purpose is to coordinate and deliver support services within NSW for the families and friends of missing persons. |
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Victims’ Rights |
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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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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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New Zealand
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| 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. |
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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
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| Grief Net |
| Centre for Grief |
| New Mexico Survivors of Homicide |
| Citizens Against Homicide |
| The Centre for Infant & Child Loss (Maryland) |
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| 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) |
