Call for Abstracts

Victim Support Scotland is now inviting all practitioners, professors and researchers in the field of victimology to submit an abstract to present at our conference ‘To report or not report – the choice facing victims’. The conference will bring together experts to reflect on victim engagement in the justice system, advance the knowledge of all service provision to people affected by crime and discuss all aspects of unreported crime.

If you have been involved in an innovative project or piece of research advancing victims’ rights or practices to enhance support methods to victims and witnesses of crime, then please submit an abstract. We especially welcome interactive workshops. Whether you are part of a criminal justice agency, the research community or involved in a practitioner project, Victim Support Scotland would like to hear from you.

Please note we have now extended our deadline for abstract submissions to 30 June 2010.

Key Dates

Date	Activity
1 March 2010	Abstract submissions open
30 June 2010	Abstract submissions close
15 July 2010	Date by which all submitting authors will be notified of submission outcomes
15 Aug 2010	Date by which presenters must be registered in order for their presentation details to be included in the printed conference programme
15 Sep 2010	Date by which full presentations should be submitted

Workshop Themes

The conference will organise workshops in the following themes:

address why victims choose to tell or not tell anyone about a crime;
reflect on victim engagement in the justice system; and
advance the knowledge of all service provision to people affected by crime

Abstract Application form

To submit an abstract please fill in the Abstract Application Form. On the application form you will be asked to choose within which theme you would like to hold your workshop. Please note that we reserve the right to reallocate abstracts to alternative themes if applicable.

There will be a maximum of 2-3 presenters in each workshop and each speaker will be given 20 minutes, in order to have time to debate.

Language

Please note that the official language of the conference is English, so all abstracts must be written in English.

Submit your Abstract

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 30 June. Please email your Abstract Application Form to the conference email conference2010@victimsupportsco.org.uk by 30 June 2010.

Full Presentation

If your abstract is accepted, your full presentation should be sent in by 15 September 2010. If you are using PowerPoint, please ensure that you send it to us along with your presentation, so we can load it onto a laptop in time for your presentation.

Publication of Abstracts

All abstracts accepted for presentation at Victim Support Scotland’s conference ‘To report or not report’ will be published in a Conference Abstract Summary, which will be given to all attendees as part of the introduction pack.

Conference Publication

Following the conference, a publication will be assembled of all presentations and a copy will be sent to all registered participants.

Abstract Application Form

To submit an Abstract please fill in the Abstract Application Form

* Registration is now open.

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