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

Finalized Projects

2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006

Most of the reports below can be ordered from INTERVICT.

Short term projects


    2011
    • Indexing Trafficking in Human Beings - Gauging its Trends, Causes and Consequences in the European Dimension
      Consortium: Universität Göttingen (Germany), INTERVICT, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK)
      INTERVICT Researchers: J.J.M. van Dijk, F. Klerx-van Mierlo, P. Okur
      Commissioned by: European Union (Action Grant - DG Justice, Freedom and Security)
      Status: completed.
      Publications available: Article

    • Sociale Vaardigheidstraining op maat (Social skills training 'To fit')
      Researchers: L.M. van der Knaap, S. Bogaerts, N.M.P.G. Speessen, L.C.A. van Dee
      Commissioned by: WODC (Research Documentation Centre, Ministry of Security and Justice)
      Status: completed 2011.
      Publication available: Report

    • Secundaire Analyse Huiselijk Geweld (Secundary Analysis Data Domestic Violence)
      Researchers: S. Bogaerts, H. van der Veen, M. Spreen, B. Koudstaal, E. Leenaars
      Commissioned by: WODC (Research Documentation Centre, Ministry of Security and Justice)
      Status: completed 2011.
      Publication available: Factsheet 1, Factsheet 2

    • Interventies bij Huiselijk Geweld: Vergelijkend onderzoek naar het huisverbod en reguliere interventies in de regio’s Midden- en West-Brabant (Evaluation of the Dutch Restraining Order Law)
      Researchers: R. Römkens, S. van der Aa, K. Lens, M. Oskam
      Commissioned by: Provincie Noord-Brabant, Gemeente Tilburg
      Status: completed 2011.
      Publication available: Report

    • Realising Rights - Mapping content and assessing impact of EU legislation on violence against women and children
      INTERVICT Researchers: R. Römkens, F. Klerx-van Mierlo, L. Sosa
      Consortium: INTERVICT, University of Osnabrück (Germany), CWASU – London Metropolitan University (UK)
      Commissioned by: European Union (Daphne III - DG Justice, Freedom and Security)
      Status: completed 2011.
      Publication available: Report


      2010
      • Vervolg Kwaliteitsmeting Slachtofferzorg (Quality measurement for victim assistance)
        Researchers: F. Klerx-van Mierlo, A. Pemberton, I.A.J. Lodewijks
        Commissioned by: WODC (Research Documentation Centre, Ministry of Security and Justice)
        Status: completed 2010.
        Publication available: Report

      • Het spreekrecht in Nederland: een bijdrage aan het emotioneel herstel van slachtoffers (Oral Victim Statement Impact Act in the Netherlands)
        Researchers: A. Pemberton (PL), M. Groenhuijsen, M. Kunst, K. Lens
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report

      • Straftoemeting bij geweld tegen kwalificerende slachtoffers
        Researchers: A. Pemberton (PL), I. Lodewijks, M. Laxminarayan, S. van der Aa
        Commissioned by: Raad voor de Rechtspraak
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Study on Crime Victimisation
        Consortium: INTERVICT, University of Lausanne
        INTERVICT Researchers: J.J.M. van Dijk (PL), J. van Kesteren
        Commissioned by: Eurostat
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report in PDF, part 1, part 2

      • Feasibility study to assess the possibilities, opportunities and needs to standardise national legislation on violence against women, violence against children and sexual orientation violence
        Consortium: Human European Consultancy (Netherlands), INTERVICT, University of Osnabrück (Germany), CWASU – London Metropolitan University (UK)
        INTERVICT Researchers: R. Römkens (PL), R. Letschert, L. Sosa, Conny Rijken, S. van der Aa, M. Groenhuijsen
        Commissioned by: European Commission
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report in PDF, annexes in PDF, model

      • Developing standards for assistance to victims of terrorism
        Consortium: European Forum for Restorative Justice (Belgium), Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (UK), K.U. Leuven (Belgium), INTERVICT, Slachtofferhulp Nederland (Netherlands)
        INTERVICT Researchers: R. Letschert (PL), A. Pemberton, J. van Dijk, K. Ammerlaan
        Commissioned by: European Commission
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Order

      • Aanpak georganiseerde misdaad in drie proeftuinen (An approach to organized crime in three experimental gardens)
        Researchers: S. Bogaerts
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report and summaries

      • Increasing Self Awareness
        Consortium: Associazione Differenza Donna ONLUS (Italy), INTERVICT, Slachtofferhulp Nederland (Netherlands), Scottish Victim Support, Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV), Instituto Nacional de Polícia e Ciências Criminais (Spain)
        INTERVICT Researchers: F.W. Winkel (PL), K. Lens
        Commissioned by: European Commission
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Huiselijk Geweld in Nederland (Domestic violence in the Netherlands) Researchers: H.C.J. van der Veen, S. Bogaerts
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2010
        Publication available: Report

      2009
      • Compensatie na Geweld (Compensation for Victims of Violent Crime) Researchers: J. Mulder
        Commissioned by: INTERVICT
        Status: completed 2009
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Leemten in de slachtofferhulpverlening. Resultaten van een verkennend, kwalitatief onderzoek onder verschillende categorieën gedupeerden van ingrijpende gebeurtenissen.(Gaps in the Dutch victim support system) Researchers: J. van Dijk (PL), F. Klerx-van Mierlo
        Commissioned by: Fonds Slachtofferhulp
        Status: completed 2009
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Slachtofferschap van Fraude. Een explorerend onderzoek naar de impact van diverse vormen van financieel-economische criminaliteit (Victimisation by Fraud; An explorative study into the impact of various types of financial-economic crimes)
        Researchers: J. van Dijk (PL), M. Kunst
        Commissioned by: Raad van Hoofdcommissarissen van de Politie
        Status: completed 2009
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Van Tevredenheid naar Kwaliteit. Een meetinstrument voor de slachtofferzorg. (From Satisfaction to Quality. An Instrument to Measure the quality of Victim Assistance)
        Researchers: A. Pemberton (PL), F. Klerx-van Mierlo, R. van Tol
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2009
        Publication available: Report

      • Victims in Europe. Implementation of the EU Framework Decision on the standing of victims in the criminal proceedings in the Member States of the European Union
        Consortium: Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV) and 19 other partners, see page 15 of the report.
        Researchers: A. Pemberton (PL), R.Letschert, S. van der Aa, M. Groenhuijsen, R. van Merriënboer
        Commissioned by: European Commisson
        Status: completed 2009
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      2008
      • Behoeften van slachtoffers van delicten (Needs of Victims of Crime) Researchers: K.F. Kuijpers, A. ten Boom
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2008
        Publication available: Report

      • Evaluatie Strafvorderingsrichtlijn kwalificerende slachtoffers (Evaluation of the criminal proceedings directive with regards to civil servants)
        Researchers: R. Letschert (PL), F.W. Winkel, A. Pemberton, J. van Kesteren, S. van der Aa, B. van der Vorm
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2008
        Publication available: Report

      • Evaluatiestudie vragenlijst voor de Monitor Agressie en Geweld voor de dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen (Evaluation of the Agression and Violence Monitor for Dutch Prison Personell)
        Researchers: J.N. van Kesteren
        Commissioned by: Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen
        Status: completed 2008
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Herhaald Slachtofferschap. Evaluatie van het project “Herhaald Slachtofferschap”. (Evaluation of the project Repeat Victimisation) Researchers: M. Kunst, M. Bruinsma, J. van Haaf, J. de Muijnck
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2008
        Publication available: Report

      • Preventie van herhaald slachtofferschap. Een research synthese van maatregelen ter voorkoming van herhaling. (Prevention of Repeat Victimisation. A Research Synthesis on measures to prevent repeat victimisation)
        Researchers: M. Kunst, J. van Dijk, A. Pemberton, M. Bruinsma
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the DutchMinistry of Justice
        Status: completed 2008
        Publication available: Report

      2007
      • Onderlinge agressie en geweld, posttraumatische stress en arbeidsverzuim in penitentiaire inrichtingen (Aggression and violence, posttraumatic stress, and absenteeism among employees in penitentiaries)
        Researchers: M.J.J. Kunst, S. Schweizer, S. Bogaerts
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2007
        Publication available: Report

      • Feasibility study for a convention against domestic violence
        Researchers: R. Römkens, R.M. Letschert
        Commissioned by: CDPC, Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs
        Status: completed 2007
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      • Aard en omvang agressie en geweld tegen werknemers met een publieke taak (Nature and extent of aggression and violence against employees in a public function)
        Researchers: M. van Vugt, S. Bogaerts
        Commissioned by: Ministery of Interior
        Status: completed 2007
        Publication available: Report in PDF

      2006
      • Tevredenheid van slachtoffers met ‘rechtspleging’ en slachtofferhulp: een victimologische en rechtspsychologische secundaire analyse
        Researchers: F.W. Winkel, A.C. Spapens, R.M. Letschert
        Commissioned by: WODC, Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2006
        Publication available: Report

      • Veelbelovende programma’s ter preventie van geweld (Promising programmes to prevent violence)
        Researchers: S. Schweizer, M. Kunst
        Commissioned by: WODC,Research and Documentation Centre of the Dutch Ministry of Justice
        Status: completed 2006
        Publica++tion available: Report in PDF