BIOS Vic­tim Protection

Help for vic­tims of vio­lence or sex­u­al crimes

The Treat­ment Ini­tia­tive for Vic­tim Pro­tec­tion (BIOS-BW) e. V. is an asso­ci­a­tion of judges, pub­lic pros­e­cu­tors, lawyers, psy­chol­o­gists and oth­er inter­est­ed persons.
BIOS-BW pur­sues var­i­ous approach­es to stand along­side the vic­tims of crim­i­nal offens­es, espe­cial­ly vio­lent and sex­u­al offens­es, and to break up and pre­vent cycles of violence.

BIOS-BW offer:
Direct sup­port through ther­a­peu­tic help for those affect­ed / traumatized

This pri­mar­i­ly includes the care of vic­tims of sex­u­al and vio­lent crimes in a trau­ma out­pa­tient clin­ic or in one of our psy­choso­cial cen­ters. This area also includes ther­a­peu­tic sup­port ser­vices for chil­dren and young people.

📌 Mon­day to Fri­day / 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
☎️ 0721 669 82 089

1. Vic­tim and trau­ma out­pa­tient clin­ic (OTA)
Acute ther­a­peu­tic care for vic­tims of vio­lence, sex­u­al assault, stalk­ing, bul­ly­ing or emer­gen­cies fol­low­ing oth­er trau­mat­ic experiences.

2. BIOS-Young­sters
Acute ther­a­peu­tic care for young vic­tims of vio­lence, sex­u­al assault, stalk­ing, bul­ly­ing, etc.

3. Psy­choso­cial cen­ter Nordbaden
Facil­i­ty for the psy­chother­a­peu­tic, psy­choso­cial care of migrants who have expe­ri­enced flight.

4. Things of the heart
Ther­a­py for chil­dren and young peo­ple who have fled war.

5. Lawyer’s con­sul­ta­tion hour
Free ini­tial legal advice for vic­tims of vio­lent and sex­u­al offenses.
📌 Every first Wednes­day of the month / 4 to 7 pm
☎️ 0721 669 82 089 (make an appointment)

6. BIOS Vic­tim Pro­tec­tion Guide
Guide for vic­tims of vio­lent and sex­u­al offens­es. From the first steps to the course of pos­si­ble legal proceedings.

Talk­ing about it is the first step.
Talk­ing about it can help.
Talk­ing about it can change.

BIOS helps you quick­ly and unbureaucratically:

NOBODY needs to be ashamed of seek­ing help.
The EXPERIENCE and the FEARS are ini­tial­ly the focus of our discussions.
Trau­ma must then be inte­grat­ed into every­day life in order to regain con­trol over your actions.
We pro­vide sup­port for SELF-HELP so that the per­son­’s own strengths are rec­og­nized again and they do not suf­fer per­ma­nent­ly in every­day life as a result of what they have experienced.

Pre­ven­tion and aftercare

Stop before some­thing happens

1. Ther­a­py for offend­ers in Baden-Württemberg:
☎️ 0721/470 439 33 / 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m.
📧 info@fab-ka.de
🌐 Karl­sruhe Foren­sic Out­pa­tient Clin­ic (FAB)

2. Projects for offenders:
🌐“Do not com­mit a vio­lent or sex­u­al offense”

Active par­tic­i­pa­tion in pub­lic rela­tions work and legal policy
Qual­i­ty assur­ance in the con­text of foren­sic assess­ments (pool of experts)