30th ANNIVERSARY COURSE
XXX. International Post Graduate Course on
Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal
Justice
Inter-University Center Dubrovnik
Frane Bulica 4
Dubrovnik, Croatia
May 12th.- 25th of May. 2014
Directors
Dick Andzenge, St. Cloud , USA
Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff, Mito, Japan
Marianne Hilf, Bern, Switzerland
Zvonimir Paul Separovic, Zagreb, Croatia
Elmar G.M. Weitekamp, Tübingen, Germany
Faculty and Resource Persons
Sarah Ben David, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dawn Beichner, Normal, USA
Reana Besic, Zagreb, Croatia
Moshe Bensimon, Tel Aviv, Israel
John Braithwaite, Canberra, Australia
Valerie Braithwaite, Canberra, Australia
Jing Cao, Tilburg and China
Victoria Collins,Lexington, USA
Matthew Cronje, Darwin, South Africa
Paul Darby, Great Britain
Kirstin Drenkhahn, Berlin, Germany
Janne Fengler, Bonn, Germany
Kieran Fogerty, Kalamazoo, USA
Stephanie Fohring, Great Britain
Wolfgang Form, Marburg, Germany
Paul Friday, Charlotte, USA
Lee Gilbertson,St. Cloud, USA
Marc Groenhuijsen, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Ute Ingrid Haas, Braunschweig, Germany
Otmar Hagemann, Kiel, Germany
Albert Hauber, Leiden, The Netherlands
Jim Hillborn, Tallin,Estonia
Jehanne Hulsman, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Janice Joseph, Galloway, USA
Maria de la Luz Lima, Mexico City, Mexico
Nicole Marie LeBlanc,Ottawa, Canada
Ricarda Lummer, Kiel, Germany
Favian Martin, Philadelphia, USA
Kim Magiera, Hamburg, Germany
Nida Paracha, Boston, Pakistan/USA
Stephan Parmentier, Leuven, Belgium
Robert Peacock, Darwin, South Africa
Benjamin Roebuck, Ottawa, Canada
Natti Ronel, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, Recife, Brazil
Dawn L. Rothe, Norfolk,USA
Armando Saponaro, Bari, Italy
Peter Schäfer, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Mally Shechory- Bitton, Tel Aviv, Israel
Hans-Joachim Seitz, Hamburg, Germany
Irvin Waller, Ottawa, Canada
Bob Wertkin, Kalamazoo, USA
Frans-Willem Winkel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Monday May 12th, 2014
9:00 – 11:00 Opening Session by Course Directors
11:00 - 12:00 Health Break
12:00 - 16:00 Guided Tour of Historical Dubrovnik ( departs from IUC)
16:00 – 17:00 Developing a Draft Convention for Victims of Crime. Marc Groenhuijsen
17:00 – 18:00 Theoretical Victimology. Gerd Ferdinand Kirchhoff
18:00 – 19:00 Health Care of Incarcerated Persons. Hans Joachim Seitz
19:00 – 20:00 Theoretical Victimology in Dialogue with Criminology. Armando Saponaro
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
9:00 – 11:00 Special Surprise Session Mandatory participation!!!
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 International Terrorism Victims. Zvonimir Paul Separovic
12:30 - 15:00 Siesta
15:00 – 16:00 The Unknown Victim: Getting a Better Picture of Victims Experiences with
VOM through Narrative Interviews and the Draw and talk method. Kim Magiera
16:00– 17:00 Mental Health Treatment in the Canadian Federal Prison System: Unveiling the
Therapeutic-Risk Cloak. Nicole Marie LeBlanc
17:00 – 18:00 Suizide and Self-Injury among prisoners – an outcome of past victimization?
Sarah Ben David
18:00 – 19:00 Posttraumatic Groth and PTSD: Different Sides of the Coin among
ultraorthodox BW. Mally Shechory-Bitton
19:00 – 20:00 Forensic Victimology. Lee Gilbertson
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
9:00 – 10:00 Gendered Violence and the Re-Victimization of Internally Displaced Persons.
Victoria Collins
10:00 -11:00 Standards for Victim Assistance. Maria de la Luz Lima
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 Victimology and Crimes of Globalization: International Financial Institutions.
Dawn Rothe
13:00 – 20:00 Excursion to Trsteno Arboretum and the Oyster Farms of Ston
Bus departs from Pile Gate. Attention: At the Arboretum a Group Picture will
be Taken.
Visit of the Salt mines of Ston
Dinner in Mali Ston at Konoba Koruna (covered)
Thursday, May 15th., 2014
9:00 – 10:00 The Role of Community in Restorative Justice. Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt
10:00 – 11:00 Restorative Justice at post-sentencing level: supporting and protecting victims.
Ricarda Lummer and Reana Besic
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 Negotiations between Service Providers and Young People who are Homeless:
A Case Study of the Social Construction of Victimization. Benjamin Roebuck
12:30 – 14:00 Siesta
14:00 – 15:00 Reparing Harm and Changing Lives: A Uk Paradigm for effective restorative
justice schemes. Paul Darby
15:00 – 16:00 First Results from the Bejing Victim Survey. Jing Cao
16:00 – 17:00 00 Crime and Justice among American Indians living in Tribal Communities.
Favian Martin
17:00 – 18:00 Victims of Violence at the Workplace. Bob Wertkin
18:00 – 19:00 Utilizing epidemiological principles to develop public health policies to reduce
victimizations. Kieran Fogerty
19:00– 20:00 Victimization Spin: A Phenenomological theory in victimology. Moshe
Bensimon
20:00 – 21:00 Positive Victimology: Challenges and Opportunities. Natti Ronel
Friday, May 16th, 2014
9:00 – 10:00 Establishing Minimum Standards on the rights ,support and protection of victims
of crime. Peter Schäfer
10:00 – 11:00 Exploring and Understanding Victim Empathy. Otmar Hagemann
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11.30 – 12:30 Empowering Parents as Victims in Child Protection Systems. Valerie
Braithwaite
12:30- 15:00 Siesta
15:00 – 16:00 Ways of Knowing about crimes of the past: population-based research in
Transitional Societies. Stephan Parmentier
16:00 – 17:00 More Universal Justice for Victims of War Crimes. John Braithwaite
17:00 – 18:00 Psychological Perspectives: Contributions of Attachment Theory for
Victimology. Janne Fengler
!9:00 – 23:00 The Louk Hulsman Memorial Dinner at restaurant VINICA Ljuta in
Konavle. Bus departs at 19:00 sharp at Pile Gate and will return at 23:00 hours
Saturday, May 17th, 2014
Departure from Pile Gate at 10 a.m. On the way to Mljet Lunch at restaurant Bella
Vista in Prapratno
Great Excursion to the Island of Mljet – A UNESCO World Heritage Site – Stay
Overnight at Hotel Odisseij –
At 7 p.m. Great Buffet Dinner with Croatian Music from Trio Felix
Sunday, May 18th 2014 10:00 a.m.Check out of the hotel and return to Durovnik. Arrival in
Dubrovnik approximately around 3 p.m.
Monday, May 19th, 2014
9:00 – 10:00 Smarter Crime Control. Irvin Waller
10:00 – 11:00 . Victims of Law as a weapon of Welfare in urban-rural migration. Nida
Paracha..
11:00 - !1:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 (Too) Late Transirtional Justice after World War II – the Case of so called
“Comfort Women” Wolfgang Form
12:30 – 16:00 Siesta
16:00 – 17:00 Healthy Policing in Intimate Partner Violence: Is it Enforcement, Restorative or
Vulnerable People Policing? Jim Hilborn
17:00 – 18:00 Femicide. Janice Joseph
18:00 – 19:00 Deconstruction of the Crimiinal Justice System-. Jehanne Hulsman
19:00 – 20:00 .Witch Purging in South Africa: A victimological Analysis. Robert Peacock.
Tuesday, May 20st,2014
9:00 –10:00 N.N.Frans-Willem Winkel
10:00 – 11:00 Tourists as Victims of Crime. Albert Hauber
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 Victims of Abuse of Power: Perceived Powerlessnes as a Dimension of power
and its Abuse in Victimization. Dick Andzenge
12:30 – 16:00 Siesta
16:00 – 17:00 Overcoming past Victimization in Preparation for Reentry to Society. Dawn
Beichner
17:00 – 18: 00 The meaning of Ubuntu Theology to Victims of Crimes of the Past: The south
African Experience. Mathew Cronje
19:00 – 20:00 Just World Victimology. Stephanie Fohring
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
7:00 – 19:00 Excursion to Montenegro. Bus leaves on time from Pile Gate!!!Visit of the city
of Kotor Please bring your passports!!!!
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
9:00 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:30 Health break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Paper Presentations
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 19:00 Student paper Presentations
Friday, May 24th, 2013
9;00 – 11:00 Student Paper Presentations
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Paper Presentations
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 19:00 Student Paper Presentations
Saturday, May 25th, 2013
9:00 – 11:00 Student Paper Presentations
11:00 – 11:30 Health Break
11:30 – 12:30 Student Paper Presentations
12:30 – 17:00 Siesta
17:00 – 18:00 Graduation Ceremony
18:30 – Fare Well Party at the Sesame
Sunday, May 26th, 2013
Departure to Home