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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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| Lecturer : | Pierre Thys |
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| Coordinator : | Gérard De Coninck |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 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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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| - 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 and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| 2 master criminology |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Practice is included - see organization below |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Jan - May, Wednesday in the afternoon Please check. |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| THYS Pierre, Criminels de guerre, Etude criminologique, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2007.
This books contain the major part of the key topics.
Some other notes are available on the website of Criminology |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Based on a report |
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Contacts :
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| E-mail: pierre.thys@ulg.ac.be
Mobile : 0473/945.315 |
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