Victim Support Scotland is delighted to present an international conference. 2010 marks the 25th anniversary of Victim Support Scotland and as part of our celebrations, we are hosting a 3 day international victimology conference, including practical workshops. The conference will take place in Edinburgh, and is aimed at bringing together practitioners, academics, public and private [...]

Only recently have criminologist and victimologists started to study the problem of harassing, intrusive and reiterated behaviours damaging someone, defined by the English term stalking.
In America, only in the nineties, after a tragic event involving a famous person in California, did they start to discuss and study this phenomenon in ordr to identify its characteristics [...]

Legislation and policies of the English government on the question of families and minors[1]
English legislation, in particular on domestic violence perpetrated on minors, took a decisive turn several years ago (2000) due to an emblematic case regarding a child called Victoria Climbé when for her case 3 housing authorities, 4 social services departments, 2 teams [...]

Legislation – Federal law concerning Aid to Crime Victims (LAV) Federal Constitution of 18.04.1999 Art. 124 “Aid to crime victims”. The Confederation and the Cantons make provisions so that a person suffering damage of his physical, psychic or sexual integrity as a result of a crime, receives help, as well as fair indemnity if economical [...]

The State Police is at present divided into proximity police. The new concept is a result of the new way of interpreting the term safety. All the phenomena coinciding directly and indirectly with social tranquillity are included in the new acceptance of the term.