Crimes Against Persons

Crimes against persons are those cases that involve crimes which are committed by direct physical harm or force being applied to another person. Examples of these cases include, but are not limited to, homicide, rape, robbery, kidnapping, assault, battery, stalking, hate crimes and other crimes of violence If you are the victim of a crime of violence the Emory Police Detective Unit is here to assist you in the investigation of these cases.


Contact for Sexual Assault Support on Emory Campus

For confidential consultations, reporting, advocacy, prevention/outreach programs and suggestions, please contact:

Lauren Bernstein, MSW
Coordinator of Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Prevention Education and Response
404-727-1514

lauren.bernstein@emory.edu (Non-confidential inquiries only since email is not always a secure medium for communication)


Contact for Sexual Assault Support off Campus

Dekalb Rape Crisis Center

Crisis Hotline: 404-377-1428

Office Line: 404-377-1429


Domestic Violence Information, Contacts, & Temporary Protective Order Assistance

Domestic violence should not happen to anybody. Ever. Period. But it does - and when it does, there is help. Maybe you have lived with abuse, maybe it happened just once; maybe you work or live next to someone who is being abused right now. Whoever you are, the following information can show you how and where to get help.

If you are experiencing intimate partner violence additional resources are available on campus and in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Intimate Partner violence is a pattern of behavior in which one intimate partner uses physical violence, coercion, threats, intimidation, isolation and emotional, sexual or economic abuse to control and change the behavior of the other partner-does not require sexual intimacy.


Georgia Sex Offenders

You may search the Georgia sex offender database online here