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PROTASIS Project: the training session to Police officers is doing great!

PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills   JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318    PROTASIS Project: the training session to Police officers is doing great! In September and October the first two Training Sessions of PROTASIS Project took place in Italy. Between November and December the third and last session will take place in the city of Lucca The Protasis Training module consists of three sections, dedicated to the victims of crime and their...

Published the new Work Programme of Horizon2020 for the period 2018-2020

Published the new Work Programme of Horizon2020 for the period 2018-2020 The European Commission on 27th October 2017 announced how it will spend €30 billion of the EU research and innovation funding programme Horizon 2020 during 2018-2020. Over the next 3 years, the Commission will seek greater impact of its research funding by focusing on fewer, but critical topics with bigger budgets, directly supporting the Commission’s political priorities: –...

Spotlight Initiative – EU and United Nations together against all forms of violence against women and girls

Spotlight Initiative – EU and United Nations together against all forms of violence against women and girls The European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) are embarking on a new, global, multi-year initiative focused on eliminating all forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG) – the Spotlight Initiative. The Initiative is so named as it brings focused attention to this issue, moving it into the spotlight and...

The First Knowledge Oriented Seminar developed by the PROTASIS Project has been a success!

PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318)           The First Knowledge Oriented Seminar developed by the PROTASIS Project has been a success! Dr. Silvia Ciotti has successfully developed the First Knowledge Oriented Seminar. The objective of the Seminar is the following: “The purpose of this interactive seminar is to offer the information and theoretical background needed for police officers to acquire the knowledge...

“Evidence from the MargIn Project” – Available the Key Results of the project after its conclusion!

          “Evidence from the MargIn Project” – Available the Key Results of the project after its conclusion! Available the document titled “Developing strategies to cope with socially constructed fears and insecurities. Evidence from the MARGIN project“. This document -written in September 2017 – summarizes the key results of the MargIn multi-method approach and it indicates a number of recommendations to be implemented at European level...

A new Scientific Paper on Lone Wolves published on Academia.edu

A new Scientific Paper on Lone Wolves published on Academia.edu The Paper is titled ANERS BEHRING BREIVIK AND 2083 – A EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. TEXT ANALYSIS AND AUTHOR’S PROFILING and it represents a reinterpretation of the Breivik’s Manifesto written in 2011. The paper focuses on the analysis, developed by Dr. Silvia Ciotti and carried out according to macro-criteria, of the 1518-page Manifesto written by Aners Behring Breivik. This...

New APP for immediate help and concrete support to women victims of violence

New APP for immediate help and concrete support to women victims of violence A totally free APP, easy to download on smartphones, with the purpose of giving immediate information and indications about the closest Antiviolence Centres and Shelters: it represents the last project of the Association D.I.Re – Network of Women against Violence, in collaboration with Eau Thermale Avène, the Laboratoires Pierre Fabre’s dermo-cosmetic brand. In Italy D.I.Re Network...

In September the First Knowledge Oriented Seminar developed by the PROTASIS Project

PROTASIS Project – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318) In September the First Knowledge Oriented Seminar developed by the PROTASIS Project The Protasis Training module consists of three sections, dedicated to the victims of crime and their treatment by the Police: Knowledge Oriented Seminar Skills’ Oriented workshops Signposting and Referral Pathways Development Seminar, with the participation of organizations and local associations in charge of supporting victims of crime and...

EuroCrime presents the PROTASIS Project during the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), 13/16 September 2017, Cardiff, UK

EuroCrime presents the PROTASIS Project during the 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC), 13/16 September 2017, Cardiff, UK The 17th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology will take place at the Cardiff University from 13th to 16th September 2017. The title of the Conference is “Challenging ‘Crime’ and ‘Crime Control’ in Contemporary Europe”. The theme of the conference explores four key challenges for...

The PROTASIS Project mentioned by the European Commission in its Website Campaign ‘NON.NO.NEIN.’ for combating violence against women!!

Project Protasis – Police Training Skills (Grant Agreement JUST/2015/RDAP/AG/VICT/9318) The PROTASIS Project mentioned by the European Commission in its Website Campaign ‘NON.NO.NEIN.’ for combating violence against women!! The NON.NO.NEIN. campaign is carried out by the European Commission in an effort to spread the message “Say no! Stop violence against women” and to raise awareness on the issue of violence against women. Drawing attention to the work done by a...