August VAOnline.org Update

[Randy McCall]

These are the updates for VAOnline.org and other projects for the month of August.

First, there are two multi-site updates.

Navigating a Web of Ideas

http://rmccallonline.wordpress.com/

is now the official multi-site blog for any and all of my project sites, including, but not limited to:

 

• VAOnline.org

• Rmccallonline.com

• Victim Assistance Learning Centre

• World Society of Victimology

• Police Victim Services of BC

On this blog I'll journal -- usually on a daily basis -- on activities and progress of projects for these sites organizations, plus small entries on e-learning, victimology, victim assistance issues, and any other items which I think my viewers might be interested in.

Also, due to popular request, I've restarted the Twitter mini-news feed. You'll find windows on the VAOnline.org and the Victim Assistance Learning Centre home page which will display the latest entries.  You can view all > The CRIMINOLOGICAL & VICTIMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

entries, or Follow me on Twitter, by going to:

http://twitter.com/randymccall

The latest posts are:

• Community Justice Initiatives helps male sex abuse survivors, and offenders (Canada): http://tinyurl.com/pb38so
• From victims to crusaders: Personal fight for rights sparked sweeping reform (Canada) http://tinyurl.com/nrw5ft

• Woman who was raped by brother waives anonymity to help others (UK) http://tinyurl.com/pc8m8o

• Elusive Justice for Victims of Gender-Based Violence: {Kenya): http://tinyurl.com/pu2qa6
• Marriott Hotel say rape victim at fault for her attack, was "careless": http://tinyurl.com/nbxd59
• Illinois sex offenders banned from Facebook, Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/ko9cek
• Victims family makes compassion plea after cycle death: http://tinyurl.com/q6yp72
• Unleashing the laws of war - The Geneva Conventions at 60: http://tinyurl.com/ot4css
• Yar’Adua’s rule of law and police reform (Nigeria) http://tinyurl.com/p9q7vr
• Court protects juveniles when crime involves family (New Jersey, USA) : http://tinyurl.com/omq2qp2
• New law makes sex offenders' use of Internet social networking a felony (USA) http://tinyurl.com/rdwc8y
• Review of plea bargain system puts focus on rights of victims (Australia) http://tinyurl.com/m5q9wv
• The World Society of Victimology has just announced their 2009 Award winners: http://www.worldsocietyofvictimology.org 

• The South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology has just launched their new web site: http://www.sascv.edu.tf/

A number of people have been requesting my LinkedIn (the social networking site for professionals) contact address as well.  You'll find me at:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/randymccall

Latest Conference Information

(CRIMSA) 2009 BI-ENNIAL CONFERENCE will be held from Monday 28th to Wednesday 30th September 2009 in the Senate Hall, University of South Africa (UNISA), Muckleneuk (Main) Campus, Pretoria, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA. Call for apers, abstract & paper submission guidelines, abstract and registration forms are available in word for downloading on the CRIMSA website (www.crimsa.ac.za).   Any queries to Anthony Minnaar at amin...@unisa.ac.za .

The 12th World Conference of the International Institute for Restorative Practices Bethlehem, PA, USA, October 21-23, 2009 on the Topic " Restoring Community in a Disconnected World, Part 2" More information and registration at:  http://www.iirp.org/beth09 

This conference will provide an international perspective on restorative practices theory and practice in a variety of settings, including education, social welfare, criminal justice, community development and workplaces. Restorative practitioners from around the world will share their knowledge and achievements and find encouragement,  support and advice.

Family Violence Research Conference in Portsmouth, NJ, USA, 11- 13 July 2010 The Family Research Lab, Crimes Against Children´s Research Centre at the University of New Hampshire announces its next International Family Violence Research Conference. 

For more details see: http://www.unh.edu/frl/conferences/index.html

Latest links to organization and agencies added to the VAOnline.org site:

- Associazione Internazionale Aiuto Attivo Donna (Italy)

- Child Abuse Watch.net (USA)

- Info-Trauma.org (Canada)

- International Conference on the Use of the Internet in Mental Health (Video Presentations, Canada)

- Navigating a Web of Ideas (Blog / International)

- Victim Advocacy Learning Centre (Canada / International)

Latest links to online documents and articles added to the VAOnline.org site:

- Ethics in Victim Services (USA)

- Good Samaratines: Volunteers Helping Victims Program Handbook and Training Guide (USA)

- Healing the Invisible Wounds: Children's Exposure to Violence (USA)

- Intimate Partner Violence: Justice System Response and Public Health Service Utilization in a National Sample (USA)

- Summary Report on the Round Table on the Protection of Victims and Witnesses Appearing Before the International Criminal Court (International Criminal Court)

- Strengthening Sexual Assault Victims' Right to Privacy (USA)

- Study of the Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on the Workplace (USA)

- Understanding Intimate Partner Stalking: Implications For Offering Victim Services (USA)

- Victim Services in Rural Law Enforcement (USA)

Randy McCall

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