Mutual support groups whose members are individuals who have experienced physical or emotional abuse within the context of the home or workplace, human trafficking, sexual assault or violent crime. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; provide emotional support, information and resources for participants; and may be structured for victims/survivors of abuse and/or violence, for family members and others affected by the violence, or for perpetrators of family violence.

Mutual support groups whose members are individuals who have been involved in physical or emotional abuse by a spouse or other partner. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; provide emotional support, information and resources for those who participate; and may be structured for victims of domestic violence, those responsible for battering them, or for adults or adolescents who as children were traumatized by witnessing violence in their homes.

Mutual support groups whose members are victims of human trafficking, most frequently people who have been coerced into unpaid or underpaid labor, servitude, prostitution or forced marriage. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; and provide emotional support, information and resources for participants.

Mutual support groups whose members are individuals who have been sexually assaulted or have experienced incest as a child, their spouses or partners, other family members and friends. The groups provide emotional support, information and resources to help participants recover from their ordeal and may be structured specifically for male and female sexual assault survivors; individuals who have been sexually abused by physicians, therapists, religious authority figures or other trusted individuals; or male and/or female adults and teens who experienced incest or were sexually exploited as children. Groups may also be offered for perpetrators of sexual assault, child molestation or other sex crimes. Meeting formats may include in-person, telephone or Internet options.

Individuals who have been subjected to an intentional act of physical harm or the threat of physical harm by another. Aggravated assault/battery occurs when an individual suffers a severe injury at the hands of another, either by battery or through use of a deadly weapon. Definitions of both "assault" and "battery" vary by jurisdiction; and both may be prosecuted via both civil and criminal laws.

Children who have been trafficked for purposes of sexual exploitation, labor trafficking, removal of organs, illicit international adoption, early marriage arrangements, recruitment as child soldiers or for use in begging and competitive athletics.

Individuals who have been subjected to unwanted sexual advances, requests for sexual favors or other conduct of a sexual nature including sexually-explicit language or jokes when they must submit to such conduct as an explicit or implicit condition of employment, passing a course or obtaining benefits or treatment to which they are entitled; when submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for decisions affecting the individual; or when such conduct interferes with an individual's performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.