The JCVVS was well represented at the 5th American Symposium on Victimology held April 11-13 at the University of Baltimore:

The Ed R. Stout Victim Practitioner Award was given to Kathy Manis-Findley who serves on the JCVVS Advisory Council. The award is given to a victim services practitioner who has exhibited a pioneering and innovative spirit in developing services or programs beyond the scope of currently accepted practice. For more information about the award, visit the ASV web page at http://www.american-society-victimology.us/

The JCVVS Professional Certificate in Victim Assistance: Critical Analysis was awarded at the Symposium to Amie Lowman and Caroline Holmes. Both Amie and Caroline used the Symposium as the venue to present on their critical analysis papers: Victim Assistance in the Context of Gender (Amie Lowman) and Challenges in Online Child Sexual Exploitation (Caroline Holmes).

Several members of the Executive Committee presented at the Symposium. The workshop Victim Trauma: Holism and Morita Therapy was presented by Brian Ogawa, Washburn University, and International Problems and Ethical Issues Surrounding Human Organ Trafficking by Dan Petersen, Washburn University. Mario Gaboury, University of New Haven, moderated the panel How to Establish Positive Collaboration Between SVAAs and Academic Partners. Tom Underwood moderated the roundtable discussion that focused on policy issues and Bernadette Muscat, California State University-Fresno, was one of the roundtable discussants.

Tom Underwood presented the workshop Restorative Justice: Victim Sensitive Values and Application on April 19 at the Regional Heartland Conference of Mediators in Overland Park, Kansas.

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phone: 785-670-1399

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