United Arab Emirates have implemented the expansion and development of the Social Support Centers run by the Ministry of the Interior in order to provide proper emotional support to survivors of violence. The objectives of the Social Support Centers include the following: increasing the civil society's awareness regarding violence, reinforcing the role of police in social work, vitalizing crime prevention, engaging the society in crime prevention, combatting destructive customs, and fostering the role of the family in preventing crime and providing social and emotional support to families that have experienced domestic violence.