WSV Affiliated Organizations: Background and Contact Information

National Societies of Victimology Websites

• Australasian Society of Victimology
• Italy: Societa Italiana di Vittimologia
  • Official Journal of the Societa Italiana di Vittimologia:
    Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza: The Criminology, Victimology and Security Review 
• Serbia: Victimology Society of Serbia
• Spain: Fundacion de Victimolgia
• United States of America: American Society of Victimology

Institutes of Victimology

• Italy (CIRVIS)
• Japan (Tokiwa)
• Netherlands (INTERVICT)
• Peru (IVP)
• Spain (FdV)

Related Web Sites

International Victimology Website
http://www.victimology.nl 
This is the international substance-oriented victimological website of the Dutch Ministry of Justice that works in close cooperation with the United Nations Crime Prevention Program in Vienna. It is closely connected to the WSV and has links to the WSV`s website - but it serves a wider and different audience. It contains not only victimologically relevant documents of the United Nations, but it has a lot of important international victimological information, including a research register. It has an excellent News Service and does a masterful job keeping in contact with members of its network. Since its inception, the UN has used this website as a valuable tool to publicize their documents. As a result, victimological documents of the UN are readily available for science, politics and practice - in this respect victimology is an exception of the rule

The following are member organizations of the World Society.

Australia
The Australian Institute of Criminology has a victimological section at http://www.aic.gov.au/topics/victims/

Canada
The Associacion Quebecoise Pladoyer Victimes has a website on http://www.aqpv.ca/

The Saskatchewan Victim Services - member of WSV - has a website on http://www.saskjustice.gov.sk.ca/victimsservices

Dominican Republic
Comisionado de Apoyo a la Reforma y Modernizaciòn de la Justica: http://www.comisionadodejusticia.gob.do/

Malta
Victim Support Malta has a website at: http://www.victimsupportmalta.org 

Netherlands
The Dutch National Victim Support Organization, with 1500 volunteers offering practical and legal advice, as well as emotional support, with a backup of 250 professionals who take care of the necessary professional side of the work. In the media and in politics, Slachtofferhulp NL acts as a lobbying interest group. More details at
http://www.slachtofferhulp.nl

Peru
The Peruvian Institute of Victimology - Dr. Victor Paul Raul Sotelo Tamayo, Presidente del Instituto de Victimologica del  Peru  is available at: imologiaperu@hotmail.com

Portugal
Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Vítima | Portuguese Association for Victim Support:
The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) is a private charitable organisation, recognised by law with statutory objective to inform, protect and support citizens who have been victims of crime.It is a non-profit organisation assisted by volunteers, which supports victims of crime, in a personal, sensitive and professional way, through the provision of free and confidential services.

Spain
The Institute of Victimology in Madrid, Spain has a website with English, Spanish and French text at: http://www.institutodevictimologia.com

They describe themselves as: "a group of people from different professional backgrounds interested in rescuing the victim from oblivion, advancing scientific knowledge of how victims are produced, how they react, what consequences the traumatic experience has on their lives and what risk and protection factors  (social, legal and psychological) will aggravate or alleviate these consequences."