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INTERVICT

The International Victimology Institute Tilburg promotes and executes interdisciplinary research that can contribute to a comprehensive, evidence-based body of knowledge on the empowerment and support of victims of crime and abuse of power.

INTERVICT

INTERVICT

Call for papers: deadline 1 March 2012
14th International Symposium World Society of Victimology
Justice for Victims: Cross-cultural perspectives on conflict, trauma and reconciliation
20 - 24 May 2012, The Hague
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Inaugural Address
10 February 2012
Inaugural Address Rianne Letschert, followed by a reception at the Faculty Club, Tilburg University.
'Between Rights and Realism: Sustainable Reparation after Mass Victimization'.
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Aula, Cobbenhagen building, 16.15 hrs. Address Delivered in Dutch.

In the news
7 February 2012
Video interview with Marc Groenhuijsen on victim support and risk assessment
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Honors
Rianne Letschert has been awarded a honourary membership of the Spanish Fundación de Victimomologiá. The Fundación praises her briljant, professional and human trajectory in Victimology.

Master's Program in Victimology & Criminal Justice
We are happy to inform you about the positive decision on our application for accreditation of the Master’s Program in Victimology and Criminal Justice (MSc). The program will start in August 2012. The various courses are taught by victimological experts affiliated with INTERVICT and by international renowned guest lecturers.
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In the news
We are very proud to announce that prof. dr. Jan van Dijk has been awarded the Stockholm Prize for Criminology 2012 for his sustained leadership of the International Crime Victims Survey (ICVS) since 1989.
Learn more about the International Jury's considerations.
Leaflet Jan van Dijk and the Stockholm Prize for Criminology

Call for Participants Study trip Rwanda, summer 2012
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Visiting researcher
Gerwinde Vynckier (Ghent University, Belgium) will join the Intervict team as from 9 January 2012 as 'visiting researcher'. At INTERVICT she will finalize her thesis with the subject: Experiences and perceptions and coping of mid-adolescent victims of violence and property crimes. Mrs. Vynckier will stay at INTERVICT till 9 February 2012.
Read more on our Visitors' Program