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Techniques of an Identity Thief Shiva Brent Sharma, who is serving a two- to four-year prison term, describes the techniques he used as an online identity thief.
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Legal Information and RepresentationCenter for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
CLASP is a national nonprofit that works to improve the lives of low-income people. CLASP’s mission is to improve the economic security, educational and workforce prospects, and family stability of low-income parents, children, and youth and to secure equal justice for all.
Have Justice - Will Travel, Inc. (HJWT) HJWT provides in-home consultations, transportation to and from court hearings, and free legal representation for protective orders and family law issues for low income battered women and their children. The HJWT model considers the entire spectrum of needs for clients. An important aspect of the model is a supervised visitation program which offers a safe environment for parent/child contact. Women in Transition, a life skills and mentoring group, teaches women how to turn the coping skills they used to survive the abuse into strengths to improve their lives. The outcome of this mobile multi-service model has been that few HJWT clients return to abusive relationships. Have Justice--Will Travel, Inc.
9580 Vermont Route 113, Vershire, Vermont 05079
Legal Services Corporation (LCS)
LSC provides civil legal assistance to those in need. LSC funds 138 legal aid programs with over 900 offices around the nation to help poor Americans gain equal access to the judicial system.
National Partnership for Women & Families
The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) NCJRS offers a range of services and resources, balancing the information needs of the field with the technological means to receive and access support. Advancing Women’s Rights Since 1970
Founded in 1970 as NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, Legal Momentum is the nation's oldest legal advocacy organization dedicated to advancing the rights of women and girls. Legal Momentum is a leader in establishing litigation and public policy strategies to secure equality and justice for women.
Volunteer Legal Services Program (VLSP)
VLSP is one of the nation's premiere providers of pro bono legal services.
National Consumers League’s Fraud Center NCL gives consumers the information they need to avoid becoming victims of telemarketing and Internet fraud and to help them get their complaints to law enforcement agencies quickly and easily. National Archive of Criminal Justice Data Facilitates research in criminal justice and criminology, through the preservation, enhancement, and sharing of computerized data resources; through the production of original research based on archived data; and through specialized training workshops in quantitative analysis of crime and justice data. GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. The GetNetWise coalition wants Internet users to be just "one click away" from the resources they need to make informed decisions about their and their family's use of the Internet Basic Legal Recommendations for Women by Michele Howe
When Curtis Sliwa founded The Guardian Angels in 1979, the safety risks facing New Yorkers were daunting and obvious. Yet today our children face even greater threats in the online world - insidious because they elude detection, making them difficult to avoid. In response to citizens' calls for assistance in dealing with online threats, the Guardian Angels launched CyberAngels in 1995. No Hassle Life Insurance Quotes!
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