An Agreement was Signed to Establish a Support Center for Children and Adolescents Victims of Crime at LUMSA University

The memorandum of understanding regarding the establishment of a listening, reception and referral center for minors and adolescents who are victims of crime at the university was signed in the ‘Giannina Di Marco’ Council Hall. LUMSA University.

The agreement was signed by LUMSA University rector Prof. Francesco Bonini, Lazio Region Child and Adolescent Ombudsman Dr. Monica Sansoni and the currently appointed President of the Family Association-ETS, Dr. Signed by Vincenzo Serra. Management of the Family Counseling Center ‘Crescere Insieme’ of the Diocese of Latina-Terracina-Sezze-Priverno.

The listening, reception and referral center for minors and adolescents victims of crime, located at Via Gioachino Belli 86 in Rome, will offer free psychological and legal counseling (both in person and by phone) with an integrated and multi-institutional approach. support for minors and all vulnerable people. The service will be run by forensic-legal psychology and legal experts who specialize in listening to and supporting victims of crime.

Within the framework of the third mission, the project, which aims to raise awareness about child protection and activate violence prevention processes, was developed in cooperation with GEPLI Legal Consultancy Department and the Department of Human Sciences, where the master’s program is located. Undergraduate course in Social, Forensic and Organizational Psychology including a pathway in Criminological and Legal Psychology for the training of future psychologists also in the care of vulnerable victims.

Francesco Bonini – Rector of LUMSA University

«Minors and adolescents seem to be left to their own devices in many respects because they are suffering from the crisis of institutions. This protocol of understanding offers them a point of reference in terms of the education system, in this case the university, specifically our undergraduate psychology course. “This is crucial to rebuilding trust and repairing the social fabric in the Jubilee year, the Jubilee of Hope.”

Monica Sansoni – Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of the Lazio Region:

“Today, we signed the memorandum of understanding for the creation of an anti-violence center for young children victims of crime, the first in Rome and the second in Lazio, established by Lazio’s child and adolescent ombudsman institution in Latina in 2022. Latina’s episcopal consultation Through the activities carried out in the regions over the years, we clearly felt the need to have a reference point for all minors who are victims of crime, as well as minors who commit crimes, and what violence is. “We must explain it to our boys because it is increasingly perceived by our young people as almost normal. Instead, we must give them an important message: Aggressive and violent behavior can lead to crime.”