RESEARCH.SERVICE.AWARENESS
WORLD
SOCIETY OF
VICTIMOLOGY
Over 50 Years of Protecting Your Rights
Welcome
The World Society of Victimology is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization with Special Category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
WSV 2024
The 18th WSV Symposium (01-05 September 2024) – National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India)
Host – The National Forensic Sciences University with the status of an Institution of National Importance is the world’s first and only University dedicated to Forensic, behavioural, cybersecurity, digital forensics, and allied Sciences.
Strategic Plan
Vision: A world without victimisation
Purpose: To promote Victimology as a scientific endeavour; and, advocate for laws and policy that enhance victims’ rights and improve victim assistance to enable timely, fair and equitable access to justice for all victims and survivors.
Our values: Truth > Respect > Collaboration > Engagement > Courage > Resolve
The International Symposium on Victimology:
The premier event of the Society, which is held every three years in a different country, and attended by hundreds of WSV members as well as academics and professionals from a wide variety of related fields.
International Advocacy and Consulting:
The WSV maintains accredited representatives to the Council of Europe, and to United Nations offices in New York, Geneva, Vienna and at other locations where the UN meets.
The Victimologist, Newsletter of the Society:
This newsletter has been published since 1982, keeping members informed and involved in Society matters, on news of interest, research within the field, and on victim assistance and victim rights in general.
WSV Committees:
In order to help accomplish the mission and goals of the WSV, the Society organizes a number of standing committees, inviting any interested member in good standing to take part.
Call for WSV Symposium Bids
On behalf of the WSV, the Executive Committee invites bids from potential hosts for the WSV International Symposium in 2027. Bidders must submit their proposals before midnight (Indian Standard Time) on Friday, May 10, 2024.
Call for Abstract Submission
ABOUT US
The World Society of Victimology is a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization with Special Category consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Brought together by a mutual concern for victims, its world-wide membership includes: victim assistance practitioners, social scientists, social workers, physicians, lawyers, civil servants, volunteers, university academics of all levels, and students.
Experience You Can Trust
The WSV is a member-driven organization, drawing its members from diverse fields including: science, the social sciences, victim assistance, academica, policy making, governance and other specialized areas of expertise. The members of the Society elect the Executive Committee, which governs the Society and acts on behalf of the membership.
Become a Member
Members’ benefits:
- Members may attend the General Assembly and vote on WSV matters, and vote on matters on request of the President.
- Members may nominate and elect members of the Executive Committee and WSV Awardees.
Executive Committee
President
DR Janice O. Joseph
Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice
Stockton University
101 Vera King Farris Drive
Galloway, NJ 08205-9441
Tele: 609-652-4312
[email protected]
Secretary general
Prof. (Dr.) G.S. Bajpai
Vice-Chancellor
National Law University Delhi
Sector 14, Dwarka, New Delhi – 110078, India
Visit: www.profgsbajpai.in
E-mail : [email protected]
Vice Presidents
Principal Director of the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS)
Jindal Global University, Sonipat.
Director
Centre for Innovative Leadership and Change
Centre for Victimology and Psychological studies
Centre for Community Mental Health
Member of the Governing Body and Advisor to the Vice Chancellor at the Jindal Global University
[email protected]
PROFESSOR. SARAH AGNELA SIMONS
Victimology Sabbatical Professor, Ahmadu Bello University (Nigeria)
Victimology Adjunct Faculty, University of Nairobi (Kenya)
[email protected]
Treasurer
Prof. Dr. Ass. jur., Dipl.-Krim. Peter Schaefer
Mediator Professur für Familienrecht und Kinder- und Jugendhilferecht Hochschule Niederrhein/Fachbereich Sozialwesen
Richard-Wagner-Str. 101 D- 41065 Mönchengladbach
peter.schaefer@hs-niederrhein.
Members at Large
Dr. Jaco Barkhuizen
Head of Department and Associate Professor
University of Limpopo C/O R71 Tzaneen Road and University Street Mankweng Township, Polokwane, Limpopo Province University of Limpopo, Turfloop Campus Old Admin Block, Ground Floor Sovenga, 0727
Dr. Dawn Beichner-Thomas
Department of Criminal Justice Sciences
Women’s & Gender Studies
Illinois State University
Normal, IL 61790-5250
[email protected]
DR. Reyna Faride Peña Castillo
Coordinator
Victimological Clinical Attention and Research
Psychology Faculty
Autonoma Yucatán University
Mexico
Antony Pemberton
Professor of Victimology & Director, International Victimology Institute Tilburg University
Dr. Beulah Shekhar
Director Prism Research & Development
Tamil Nadu
India
Chair Professor
NICSF,/LNJN/NFSU
New Delhi
Gema Varona
Director of the Basque Institute of Criminology
University of the Basque Country
Carlos Santamaria Center, Plaza Elhuyar 2
20018 Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain
[email protected]
Co-opted Members
Dr. Diab Al-Badayneh
Professor of Sociology
Jordan
Alain-Guy Sipowo
Lawyer, Assistant Professor School of Criminology of University of Montreal
Canada
Dr. Heru Susetyo
Associate Professor
Faculty of Law
Universitas Indonesia,
Jakarta ( Indonesia)
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