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Victim Assistance Online is non-profit information, research and networking resource for victim assistance specialists, professionals in related disciplines and all interested in the field of victimology.

We research, review and publish link directories and a virtual library on more than 40 victim assistance related topics, totaling more than 3000 links to organizations, agencies and services around the world. 

We also maintain a number regional and international Contact Networks of victim assistance staff and related professionals; our Networks link together more than 600 organizations, agencies and educational institutions in 28 countries. 

Our members comprise an international community of victim assistance professionals, program managers, government representatives, academics, researchers, law enforcement officers, NGOs and victim rights advocates.

A piece of news or information broadcast through our Networks can be received by hundreds of individual agencies around the world within minutes, potentially affecting tens of thousands of victims of crime, tragedy or the abuse of power. Similarly, we can access the collective knowledge of our members and their organizations, who present a communal knowledge bank deeper and more all-encompassing than any single database or ordinary reference service could provide.