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| CRIM1216-1 | Psychology of the authors and the victims of violent acts
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| Duration : | 30h Th |
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| Holder(s) : | Pierre Thys |
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| Coordinator : | Gérard De Coninck |
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| Language : | French language |
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| Course contents : | The course starts with an analysis of the violent behaviors in varied circumstances of the social life: family, school, public transport, spare-times activities. The course develops then less usual topics: political and religious violence, organized crime, war crimes and genocides.
One seeks to understand:
the limits between the normal and the pathological,
the obedience to the authority,
the weight of the personality or the social criconstances
the influence of the medias and the crowds |
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| Course objective : | - to analyze the evolutions of the forms of violence (theoretical approach)
- to identify the individual, psychological, social, moral, political factors which produce violences
- to understand the importance of the environment
- to understand the reactions of the victims of violence and to know the current means of treatment |
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| Prerequisites : | 2 lic criminology
2 & 3 lic psychology |
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| Workshops : | Practice is included - see organization below |
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| Organization : | Jan - May, Wednesday in the afternoon Please check. |
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| Written notes : | Notes are available on the website of Criminology
Please contact Pierre Thys :
pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be |
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| Assessment : | Oral examination |
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| Contacts : | E-mail: pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be
04 366 21 51 |
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