ŞİDAM (Application and Research Center for Combating Violence and Crime)

Üsküdar University ŞİDAM (Application and Research Center for Combating Violence and Crime) is an internal stakeholder of Üsküdar University Institute of Addiction and Forensic Sciences and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Department of Forensic Sciences. The aims and objectives of the center within this cooperation are stated below.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To contribute to the development of social policies that will strengthen the protection of children and families in the face of increasing child abuse and neglect, abuse and neglect of the disabled and elderly, violence, aggression, drugs and suicidal tendencies all over the world and in Turkey; to prevent violence and crime before it occurs in the family, school and other social environments,
2. To conduct theoretical and practical studies on human rights, violence, terrorism, aggression, suicide, child, elderly and disabled abuse and neglect, crime and victimization and similar issues at the level of Turkey, the region and the world,
3. To contribute to the creation of a safer and happier society by producing research and implementation services in the fields of preventive law, preventive and remedial education, dispute resolution and mediation,
4. To contribute to the sociocultural development of Turkey within the scope of its fields of study by developing cooperation with organizations operating in the fields of study of the Center in Turkey and abroad,
5. To put forward crisis intervention models in individual and social emergencies and extraordinary events, to develop theories in this field, to contribute to the training of experts,
6. To develop applicable models that will be a road map in line with the needs to reduce violence and crime, and to cooperate with relevant institutions and organizations in this regard.

FIELDS OF ACTIVITY:

1. Conducting public opinion research, producing projects or partnering with ongoing projects, organizing in-service training courses, conferences, workshops, seminars, certificate programs for national and international organizations, real and legal persons, in-service training courses, conferences, workshops, seminars, certificate programs, informing and raising awareness of all segments of society through direct or distance education, and cooperating with similar centers for this purpose,
2. Developing models for creating violence, crime, victimization and risk maps at the province/district/school level, and conducting field studies in this direction,
3. Developing materials for education and psycho-social services of relevant organizations; preparing and implementing projects for effective prisoner/detainee management, counseling and rehabilitation activities and participating in ongoing projects,
4. In line with the objectives of the Center, to cooperate with similar institutions and organizations in Turkey and abroad, to support the organization of courses, conferences and seminars, symposiums, workshops and congresses on violence, aggression and crime at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels at universities, to encourage students to prepare theses on the aforementioned subjects and to provide the necessary support,
5. It provides consultancy services in determining the thesis, project and research topics and strategies of Üsküdar University Institute of Addiction and Forensic Sciences and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Forensic Sciences Department.
6. In order to inform and raise awareness of the society about legal mediation and probation in cooperation with the relevant public institutions, to develop and implement projects, to participate in existing projects,
7. About the protection of children and family and social services; to produce social policies and prepare regulatory procedures in cooperation with relevant organizations, to put forward scientific data and models needed in project design and execution, to take part in such studies, to develop social responsibility projects in this direction,
8. To provide program and educational support services to universities, formal and non-formal education institutions in order to develop and implement an effective student counseling system in order to make schools safe and integrated with real life,
9. In line with the objectives of the Center, to carry out publication activities based on the relevant literature and field studies, to prepare scientific reports, to provide consultancy and expertise services within the scope of the study subjects,
10. To plan, organize and carry out the necessary activities to find solutions to the problems that arise in the fields of study of the Center,
11. Utilizing the services of scientists and experts from outside the institution, depending on the nature of the projects being carried out,
12. The presence of 4 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working together on Children, Domestic Violence, Violence against Women, Crime Maps and Identification of Risk Groups as social responsibility projects makes us strong.
13. To carry out other activities in accordance with the purpose of the establishment of the Center.