Crime

Search here to find information on how to report crimes, how to receive assistance if you are a victim of crime, various crime prevention programs as well as information on child abuse and domestic violence support.

• A.L.I.V.E. offers affordable and accessible services to VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and their families individual counseling, support groups, court advocacy, referrals to battered women shelters, and temporary sanctuary.
  http://www.communityconnection.org/resource_pages/32349.html
  
  
• Aids for Victims of Crime. Offers a 24 HOUR HOTLINE for victims of all types of crime, COUNSELING for individuals and families, ADVOCACY services, Emotional SUPPORT, Assistance with filling out and filing VICTIM COMPENSATION CLAIMS, Information on VICTIMS ISSUES and VICTIMS RIGHTS, and location of COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  http://mova.missouri.org/members/avc.htm
  
  
• Center for Women in Transition. Volunteers work with, and on behalf of, WOMEN IN JAIL OR PRISON in St. Louis City and County, both while they are incarcerated and after their release, to assist them in making a successful transition back into their families and society.
  http://cwitstl.org/
  
  
• Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis. Their mission is to address the many needs of children and families who are impacted by CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE. There are two locations in St. Louis
  http://www.umsl.edu/services/casgsl/homepage.htm
  
  
• Circuit Attorney's Office Child Support Unit. initiates and monitors court action against parents who do not meet their CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS.
  http://stlcin.missouri.org/circuitattorney/childsupport.cfm
  
  
• Circuit Attorney's Office Family Violence and Sex Crimes Unit. Primary responsibilities concern handling FAMILY VIOLENCE/SEX CRIMES CASES. The Unit prosecutes the following types of cases: Sexual assaults against children/adults, Physical Abuse of Children including child neglect/abandomnent, Domestic Violence (all felony and many misdemeanor cases), PARENTAL KIDNAPPING/child abduction , Knowingly EXPOSING OTHERS TO HIV, Homicides related to domestic violence or child abuse, and Registration of sex offenders.
  http://stlcin.missouri.org/circuitattorney/sexcrimes.cfm
  
  
• Employment Connection. offers several programs to ASSIST PERSONS WITH LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES to self-sufficiency through employment. The Competitive Employment Program has a special emphasis ON SERVING FORMER OFFENDERS, substance abusers, welfare recipients and their families. The "World of Work" is a two-day seminar that teaches the "ins and outs" of finding and keeping a job. They also assist clients with the preparation of their resumes and offer monthly job fairs.
  http://www.employmentstl.org/
  
  
• Legal Advocates for Abused Women. LAAW is a local domestic violence organization in the greater St. Louis area that provides crisis intervention and support, legal information and advocacy, safety planning, and legal and social service referrals for victims of abuse (primarily low income women and their children) who have been battered, stalked or harassed. In addition, LAAW specializes in providing free legal representation at Order of Protection hearings for low income victims of abuse.
  http://www.laawstl.org
  
  
• Life Source Consultants. works towards effecting a positive change in the area of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and SEXUAL ASSAULT, and enhance the lives of women (and their children) who are victims or survivors of physical, mental, verbal or sexual abuse, rape or incest.
  http://www.communityconnection.org/resource_pages/32343.html
  
  
• Neighborhood Stabilization Team (NST). The NST serves as a catalyst for bringing together autonomous City departments, the police, and neighborhood residents to SOLVE NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS.
  http://stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/nst
  
  
• Operation SafeStreet. is a non-profit cooperative anti-crime program involving the City of St. Louis Department of Public Safety and the mayor's office. The program sponsors TEAM SWEEP, a volunteer force of children ages 8 through 16 that assist in NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT and CLEAN-UP PROJECTS. Operation SafeStreet has provided ANTI-THEFT DEVICES FOR AUTOMOBILES to low-income residents, disabled residents, and people who have been victims of car theft. For information call (314) 622-3444
  
  
• Prisoner Family Services of St. Louis. Provides scheduled van/bus TRANSPORT from St. Louis to all MO. CORRECTIONAL CENTERS for a small fee.
  http://www.communityconnection.org/resource_pages/42327.html
  
  
• St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The police department is responsible for the protection of life and property in the City. It COMPILES DATA ON CRIMES, TRAFFIC OFFENSES, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY, ETC. The Department organizes a series of programs aimed toward educating the public on all aspects of crime prevention and awareness. Some of the assistance available through the department include (1) Setting up neighborhood watch programs (2) The COMBAT AUTO THEFT (CAT) program for protecting your car from theft (3) OPERATION IDENT PROGRAM allows residents to engrave valuable items to deter theft
  64.218.68.50/slmpdweb/index/index.htm
  
  
• Women's Support and Community Services. WSCS has three main programs A 24-HOUR CRISIS LINE, COUNSELING for women who have experienced physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, and EDUCATION (PROJECT H.A.R.T.) specializing in DATE RAPE and TEEN DATING VIOLENCE PREVENTION.
  http://www.womensupport.org
  
  
• YWCA - St. Louis Regional Sexual Assault Center- Women's Resource Center. provides comprehensive services to SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS in the St. Louis metro area. These services include individual and group counseling community education, 24-hour crisis intervention in hospital emergency rooms.
  http://www.communityconnection.org/resource_pages/43598.html
  
  

• Division of Family Services Child Abuse Hot Line. This site gives information on how to DETECT AND REPORT SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. From this site the brochure, entitled "CAREGIVER BACKGROUND SCREENING SERVICE" can be downloaded.
  http://www.dss.mo.gov/cd/can.htm
  
  
• Missouri Crime Victims Compensation Fund. This unit, funded by the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, is responsible for assisting victims who have suffered PHYSICAL HARM AS A RESULT OF VIOLENT CRIME or, in the case of death, assisting their dependents. The main purpose is to assist victims of violent crimes through a period of financial hardship as a payor of last resort. COMPENSATION includes MEDICAL COSTS, WAGE LOSS, PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELING, FUNERAL EXPENSES and support for dependent survivors to a maximum limit of $15,000 where the victim has no other source of reimbursement.
  http://www.dolir.mo.gov/wc/forms/cv-14-ai.pdf
  
  
• Missouri Victim Assistance Network. MoVA has become a force within the State of Missouri in the efforts TO IMPROVE THE TREATMENT OF VICTIMS OF CRIME. Some of MoVA's accomplishments are authoring the Missouri Victims' Bill of Rights, Victims' Rights in Juvenile Court, Changes in the Crime Victims' Compensation Fund and Establishing a Rural Outreach to Crime Victims of Missouri
  http://mova.missouri.org/
  
  
• Public Safety Division of the Missouri Attorney General's Office. The division's public corruption unit investigates allegations of MISCONDUCT BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
  http://www.moago.org/divisions/publicsafety.htm
  
  
• The Missouri Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. serves as a clearinghouse of information and technical assistance for DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS and other community victim service programs in Missouri. Offers a page OF MISSOURI RESOURCES FOR CRIME VICTIMS.
  http://www.mocadsv.org/