The fight against violence and crime is too important to be left to security units alone. ŞİDAM (Application and Research Center for Combating Violence and Crime) aims to raise awareness about crime prevention, eliminate victimization and teach the necessary techniques for this purpose to the masses, especially Üsküdar University students and faculty. It organizes trainings and activities on the following topics in order to prevent the formation of a crime triangle consisting of the offender, the victim and the crime scene.
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,
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,
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,
To contribute to the socio-cultural 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,
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,
It aims 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.
ŞİDAM, which has an interdisciplinary nature, encourages our students enrolled in the Forensic Sciences and Criminal Justice Departments in the Institute of Addiction and Forensic Sciences of our University to choose their thesis topics to reduce the crime rate in our country and to prevent crime and all kinds of violence.
Prof. Dr. Sevil ATASOY
ŞİDAM Director