In «AYG» center of psychological services carries out:
- Counseling of state and non-state agencies in the spheres of Human Recourse Management, including recruitment standards, training of the existing staff, placement of the staff, assessment of the position of compliance etc.(such as Ministry of Defense, Military Academy after V. Sargsyan, Ministry of Economy, business sphere etc.);
- Supervision and Management of Programs implementation with international organizations;
- Trainer in the spheres of “Criminal and Forensic psychology”, “Psychology of criminality”, Human Resource Management”.
Since 2002 has been lecturing and training in different universities and training centers of Armenia for students and practitioners within Criminal Justice sphere (Advocates, Prosecutors, judges and Penitentiary Servants).
Mr. Gasparyan has managed dozens of Projects within Justice Reforms in Armenia, including scope Of Juvenile Justice, Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice at all. He is the founder of psychological service in Penitentiary Service of Armenia and used to lead this service from 2001 to 2011.
During three years has been established psychological service also in Military Police Department of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, including psychological consultations and research within disciplinary battalion and in different military units and the places of detention of the Military Police Department of Armenia.
EDUCATION
| 2004-2007 | Yerevan State University, Armenia, Post graduate program in Penitentiary Psychology sphere (Research for PhD) |
| 2002-2005 | International New Eco-political University, Armenia, Master in Criminal Law |
| 2002-2004 | Yerevan State University, Master in Psychology |
| 1998-2002 | Yerevan State University, Bachelor in Psychology |
PROFFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2005 – present | “AYG” Center for psychological services, Head of Program Management Unit/Trainer |
| 2011 – present | President of “Social Justice” Non-Governmental Organization |
| Feb 2015-July 2015 | Council of Europe and Ministry of Justice, National Expert, Elaboration training module package for further Probation Servants of Armenia and capacity building of existing Alternative Sanctions’ Division within the Ministry of Justice |
| 2014 – present | School of Advocates of Armenia, Chamber of Advocates of Armenia, Trainer Training of Advocates and candidates for Advocates in the fields:Psychology of Advocates, professional and personal requirements; Psychology of interviewing in pre-trial and trial stages; Psychology of defender and communication requirements; Communication skills of advocates; Speech of the advocate, psychological structure of defensive speech within the trial. |
| Dec 2014–June 2015 | US State Department, Council of drug and Crime and “Project Harmony” International-Armenia Elaboration a risk assessment tool for juvenile crime and re offending and training of the targets |
| 2003–2013 | Law Institute of the Ministry of Justice of RA, Training of penitentiary servants, Chief Trainer |
| 2011–2013 | Prosecutors’ School of Armenia Training of prosecutors and candidates for prosecutor in the field of Forensic Psychology, Chief Trainer |
| 2011 -present | Project Manager for dozens of Projects within Justice and Penitentiary Spheres with different international organizations (OSCE, USAID, EU, CoE, OSI, PH international, IRZ etc.) |
| 2007-2010 | Management psychological works within the Department (Military Police Service of RA), officer-Psychologist |
| 2002-2006 | 5 State Universities of Armenia, Lecturer/Trainer Lecturing in the fields of Law, Forensic, Criminal Psychology |
| 2002-2007
2010-2011 |
Chief Specialist/Expert on Justice Reforms, Management of rehabilitation works in Penitentiaries of Armenia |
TRAININGS
Since 2002 was trained and trained mostly within Criminal and Juvenile Justice spheres.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
- Member of “European Organization for Probation” (CEP);
- Member of Board of Directors of “Child Protection Network of Armenia”
- Member of Supervision Council of the Academy of Justice of RA
- Member of Inter-Agency Council for Criminal Justice Reforms of Armenia;
- Affiliate member of American Psychological Association (APA).
PUBLICATIONS
- “Social Work in Criminal Justice System “methodical manual (co-author), 2013
- “Legal Psychology, methodical manual” (co-author), 2003
- “Psychological Readiness of the Prisoners to Readapt”, Dissertation, 2007
- “Rehabilitation Programs in the Penitentiary System of the RA” (co-author), methodical manual, 2006
- 12 scientific articles in the field of Criminal and Forensic Psychology, published in various professional periodicals (can be provided upon request).