Policy and Legislation
Stop It Now!
351 Pleasant Street, Suite B319, Northampton, MA 01060
Office: (413) 587-3500 Fax: (413) 587-3505
Helpline: 1-888-PREVENT (1-888-773-8368)
Email: info@stopitnow.org
www.stopitnow.org
Stop It Now! is a national, public health based organization
working to prevent child sexual abuse. They educate adults including
people at risk for abusing and their families and friends about
the ways to prevent child sexual abuse and promote the policy
changes at the local and national level to support prevention
strategies.
Stop It Now! Helpline is a toll-free number for adults
who are at risk for sexually abusing a child, for friends and
family members of sexual abusers and/or victims, and for parents
of children with sexual behavior problems. This helpline service
is confidential, available Monday through Friday, 9:00AM-6:00PM
(EST) at 1-888-PREVENT (1-888-773-8368).
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
(ATSA)
4900 SW Griffith Drive, Suite 274
Beaverton, OR 97005
(503) 643-1023 Fax (503) 643-5084
Email: atsa@atsa.com
www.atsa.com
ATSA provides referrals for affiliated sex offender treatment
providers throughout the United States. ATSA is a professional
membership association for clinicians working with and treating
sexual abusers. Their focus is on the prevention of sexual abuse
through effective management of sex offenders. It was founded
to foster research, facilitate information exchange, further
professional education, and provide advancement of professional
standards and practices. State chapters and contact info
available on the website.
Center for Sex Offender Management (CSOM)
CSOM
8403 Colesville Road, Ste. 720
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 589-9383 www.csom.org
CSOM's goal is to enhance public safety by
preventing further victimization through improving management
of adult and juvenile sex offenders who are in the community.
CSOM provides ready access to most of the current knowledge
and effective practices in the field of sex offender supervision;
these materials are useful for the individuals and agencies
responsible for managing sex offenders as well as the general
public.
Generation Five (Gen5)
2 Massasoit Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Office: (415) 285-6658 Fax: (415) 285-6668
Email: info@generationfive.org
www.generationfive.org
Gen 5 programs provide leadership training to communities and
foster national strategy and information exchange on child sexual
abuse. Gen 5 is not a direct service organization; rather, they
work in collaboration with service providers to ensure that
affordable, culturally relevant support is available to survivors,
offenders and affected families.
The Jacob Wetterling Foundation (JWF)
33 Minnesota Street, PO Box 639, St. Joseph, MN 56374
Office: (320) 363-0470 Fax: (320) 363-0473
Toll free: 1-800-325-HOPE
www.jwf.org
The JWF is a non-profit organization that has worked to find
missing children and educate children, teens, parents, caregivers
and teachers about personal safety. JWF fights for stronger
laws to protect children from sexual exploitation and takes
a close look at repeat sex offenders and how they are managed
in Minnesota and nationwide.
National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC)
The National Crime Victim Bar Association Referral
Line
2000 M Street NW, Suite 480
Washington, DC 20036
Main office: (202) 467-8700 Fax: (202) 467-8701
1-800-FYI-CALL / 1-800-394-2255 (M-F:
8:30am-8:30pm)
(TTY/TDD) 1-800-211-7996
www.ncvc.org
NCVC's Department of Public Policy maintains a database which
includes a state-by-state breakdown of crime related statues.
For example this database can be used to access such information
as the statue of limitations on child sexual abuse or the legal
age of consent among many others.
Prevent Child Abuse America (PCAA)
500 N. Michigan Avenue
Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 663-3520 Fax (312)
939-8962
www.preventchildabuse.org
A
national volunteer-based organization committed to preventing
child abuse in all its forms through research, public education,
program, and advocacy. PCAA has a network of 90 chapters
in 38 states, which work to increase public awareness, advocate
on a state level and are accessible resources for comprehensive
information and referrals in child abuse prevention. Write
for, a catalog of publications.
The Sentencing Project (SP)
514 10th Street, NW
Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 628-0871 Fax: (202) 628-1091
Email: staff@sentencingproject.org
www.sentencingproject.org
SP is an independent source of criminal justice
policy analysis, data and program information for the public
and policy-makers. The SP Website is designed to provide
resources and information for the news media and a public concerned
with criminal justice and sentencing issues.
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