16th International Symposium on Victimology

WSV 2018 Symposium

Main Theme

• Victims and Victimization: moving towards an international victimology

Sub-themes

1. Advancing Theories in Victimology
2. Fear of Crime Victimization
3. Conflict, Oppression, Injustice, and Inequality
4. Victims’ rights and the Criminal Justice System
5. Mediation and Support for Victims
6. Advancing Research Methodologies in Victimology
7. Responding to Trauma
8. Family Violence (Includes: IPV, Child Abuse, Elder Abuse)
9. Mental Health and Victimization
10. Environmental Injustice
11. Policy and Prevention of Victimization
12. Immigration/Migration: Refugees as Victims
13. Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality
14. Sex, Gender and Sexuality (including LGBTQ violence)
15. Human Trafficking and Slavery
16. Violence Against Women
17. Institutional Abuse
18. Victims of Online Crime/ or Cybercrime
19. Victims’ and Restorative Justice
20. Victimization and Terror
21. Victimology in late life