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NEW [16.12.16] Ajou signs an agreement with the Department of Justice and Simon Fraser University in Canada

  • 2016-12-27
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Ajou University Psychological Science Center (PSC), Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada, and South Korea’s Department of Justice (DOJ) entered into an agreement on developing psychological treatment tools.

 
At the agreement signing ceremony held on December 16th at the DOJ in Gwacheon, Dean Seung Ik Yoo of Ajou’s College of Social Sciences and Director Jae Heung Yoon from the DOJ Department Security Policy signed and exchanged the agreement. It covers the joint development of tools for evaluating psychological treatment efficiency, extensive cooperation in academic and technological exchanges, the promotion and establishment of infrastructure for the evaluation tools, and the utilization of research materials through mutual cooperation.
 
The three institutions plan to collaborate for academic and technological exchanges, including the joint development of treatment efficiency evaluation tools that are suitable for the South Korean context. In doing so, they will share human resources in carrying out the project.
 
Ajou's PSC is currently headed by Professor Kyung il Kim (Department of Psychology). It is conducting extensive research activities relating to sexual assault, violence, and psychopaths, including the establishment of a psychological autopsy system with the support of the Department of Health and Welfare, the development of reasonable criteria for evaluating the likelihood of criminals recommitting sexual assaults with the support of the National Forensic Service, and the establishment of convergence models for preventing people from killing and injuring themselves with the support of the National Research Council for Economics and Humanities under Prime Minister's Office.
 
In July, the University invited Professor Stephen D. Hart (Department of Psychology, SFU), a world-renowned expert in legal psychology specializing in the evaluation of the danger of sexual assault and psychopaths, to hold a certification workshop for the DOJ's corrections officials in charge of psychological treatment and graduate students. PSC is scheduled to arrange regular programs with invited legal psychology experts for relevant specialists and students.