Aug 1, 2009

Announcement from the President on the WSV Award Recipients for 2009

Dear WSV Members,

It is my pleasure and honor to announce the winners of the 2009 accomplishment awards. Each three years the Executive Committee organizes the awards process. First nominees were gathered from the general membership; then the names were vetted and prepared for voting by the Awards Committee; and finally, the Executive Committee voted on the candidates. These accomplishment awards will be given at the upcoming 13th International Symposium on Victimology on August 28th at the Awards Ceremony. I am happy to present these results.

• Hans von Hentig Award: Ezzat A. Fattah
• Beniamin Mendelsohn Young Scholar Award: Rianne M. Letschert
• Certificate of Appreciation: Sarah Ben David
• Honorary Memberships: Hilda Marchiori; Koichi Miazawa

In addition to these accomplishment awards, the Student Paper Competition was conducted. This process was also managed by the Awards Committee. Twelve students submitted papers for this competition. Three judges from different parts of the world were selected; and, based on a uniform grading procedure, points were assigned and the results were calculated. Here are the results which will be formally announced at the symposium also on August 28th.

• First place winner: Ryoko Takiguchi
• Second place winner: Stephanie Schmidt

Sincerely,
John P. J. Dussich
President

 

June 16, 2009

Notice of Election Results from the General Secretary

On June 16 2009, Emilie Raymond, Madeline Lamboley and Jo-Anne Wemmers met at the 3150 Jean-Brillant, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Lionel Groulx, Bureau C-4124, Montreal, H3T 1N8, Canada to scrutineer the counting of the votes.

The following persons were elected to the EC from 2009 to 2015:

1. John Dussich
2. Gerd Kirchhoff
3. Michael O’Connell
4. Robert Peacock
5. Maria de la Luz Lima
6. Sam Garkawe
The following person was elected to the EC from 2009 to 2012.
7. Annette Pearson

You can download the formal notice of election results

June 9 2009

Message from the President

re: General Membership Voting Ballot and Call for Awards’ Nominations

Dear WSV members in good standing, 

In accordance with our Basic Statutes of Incorporation (paragraph 8), I am taking the opportunity to announce by email, fax, and website the voting of all members in good standing on the establishment of a new award called the “Beniamin Mendelsohn Young Scholars’ Award” as recently recommended by the Executive Committee.   

Additionally, I would like to ask for each member in good standing to consider making one nomination for each of the four awards

You can download the voting ballot and award nomination form in Word or Adobe Acrobat format.

Votes and nomination letters may be returned by email (jdussich@csufresno.edu), fax (+1-559-278-7265), or regular postal mail (2576 East San Ramon Avenue, M/S ST 104, Fresno, California 93740-8093 USA). For votes and letters to be considered, they must be received by June 30th, 2009 at either of the above three destinations.

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Message from the General Secretary

Dear Fellow WSV Members,

On Thursday August 27 2009 a Membership Meeting will take place at the upcoming symposium in Mito, Japan. The meeting will begin at 16:30 and will be held in the Auditorium in the  H-Building. All WSV members are welcome to join us at this meeting. At that time the newly elected Executive Committee will be presented to the members. If there are any items that you would like to see on the agenda for that meeting, you are invited to contact me.


See you in Mito,

Jo-Anne Wemmers, Ph.D.
Professeure, École de criminologie
Responsable du Groupe victimologie et justice réparatrice,
Centre international de criminologie comparée
Université de Montréal
URL: http://www.cicc.umontreal.ca/recherche/victimologie/victimologie.html
Secretary General of the World Society of Victimology
URL: http://www.worldsocietyofvictimology.org

May 6 ,  2009: 

ICCC Offering Two Postdoctoral Fellowships in 2010

The International Centre for Comparative Criminology in Montreal, Quebec, Canada is offering two scholastic fellowships:  full details on requirements, commitment and on how to applied can be downloaded here in both English and French.

April 7 ,  2009: 

Student Paper Competition of the WSV Symposium 2009

The guidelines for this competition can now be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat format.

The deadline for paper submission has been extended to July 15, 2009

March 21 ,  2009: 

Victims in Europe - 23rd Annual Conference of Victim Support Europe

Venue: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon - Portugal
Date: 25th and 26th of June

The purpose of this seminar is to gather experts and professionals in the area of justice, social matters (civil society organisations) and policy-makers from different countries.  This Seminar will be an opportunity to present the framework of existing rights, and debate whether these rights are in fact being implemented in the European Union. It will thus constitute an important opportunity to discuss which rights require further implementation measures, in order to meet the needs of victims of crime.

The Language: English with simultaneous interpretation in the opening session

If you are interested in attending, and would like more information, please see the following link: http://apav.pt/vine/

March 12 ,  2009: 

The next African Post-Graduate Course in Victimology and Victim Assistance will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 19-30, 2010.

 

March 6 ,  2009: 

The latest copy of The Victimologist is available for download and viewing from our Publications page, at::
The Victimologist vol. 11 #3

The minutes of the WSV Executive Committee meeting which took place August 2-3 2009 at Tokiwa International Victimology Institute, Mito, Japan, are also available for download and viewing on our Publications page: Aug 2009 Minutes of the Executive Committee of the World Society of Victimology

 

January 17,  2009: 

Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology
9th Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance
August 17-29, 2009
Tokiwa University, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Being held at, and in conjunction with, the 13th International Symposium on Victimology.  An entry on this course has also be added to our Event Calendar

Events Calendar Updated

Our Events Calendar has been updated with the latest international conferences we have received information on.  If you are a member of the WSV and have a conference, symposium, seminar or workshop you would like posted, please contact: sitemanager@worlsocietyofvictimology.org with all pertinent information (Name, date, location, web address, contact information)

Requests for event posting will be submitted to the WSV Website Committee for approval.