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| CRIM0020-1 | Questions spéciales de criminologie
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| Durée : | 30h Th |
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| Nom du professeur : | Alette Smeulers |
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Langue(s) du cours :
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| Langue anglaise |
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Organisation et évaluation :
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| Enseignement au premier quadrimestre, examen en janvier |
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Contenus du cours :
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| The criminology of international crimes, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. We will discuss the international legal documents; the crimes; their legal concepts; causes; study several case studies; the perpetrators and the international criminal justice system. |
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Acquis d'apprentissage (objectifs d'apprentissage) du cours :
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| The aim of this course is to provide the students with an introduction and basic knowledge of international criminology which entails the criminology of international crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The students will have to know what kind of crimes international crimes are; the causes of these crimes; the dynamics and mechanisms which can explain their occurrence; they have to know what kind of people commit these crimes and the role of obedience and conformity; they should have basic knowledge of the international criminal justice system as well as alternative means of coping with international crimes. |
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Prérequis et corequis / Modules de cours optionnels recommandés :
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| It is an obligatory course. |
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Activités d'apprentissage prévues et méthodes d'enseignement :
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| Lectures - during the lectures we will watch a few dvd's.
Students have to conduct small tasks in class and discuss certain issues together
Students have to write two essays as their final assessment |
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Mode d'enseignement (présentiel ; enseignement à distance) :
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| Lectures on:
- October 1, 2012 : International Crimes and International Criminology
- October 2, 2012: War Crimes
- October 15, 2012: Crimes against humanity
- October 16, 2012: Genocide
- October 29, 2012: The Greek Torture School
- October 30, 2012: Perpetrators
- November 12, 2012: International criminal justice system
- November 13, 2012: Dealing with the past: Rwanda
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Lectures recommandées ou obligatoires et notes de cours :
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| Required reading:
- Achavarina, V. & S.F. Reich, No place to hide - refugees, displaced persons and the recruitment of child soldiers, International Security 31 (1), 127-164.
- Baaz, M.A. (2009). Why do soldiers rape? Masculinity, violence and sexuality in the armed forces in Congo, International Studies Quarterly 53, 495-518.
- Blass, T. (1991). Understanding behavior in the Milgram Obedience experiment: the role of personality, situations and their interactions, Journal of Personality and Social-Psychology 60(3), 398-413.
- Chambliss, W.J. (1989). State-organized crime. Criminology. 27(2), p. 183-208.
- Friedrichs, D.O. (2000) The crime of the century - the case for the Holocaust, Crime, Law and Social Change, 21-41.
- Gibson, J.T. and M. Haritos-Fatouras (1986). The education of a torturer, Psychology Today, p. 50-52 and 56-58.
- Hagan, J. & W. Rymond-Richmond & Parker (2005). The Criminology of genocide: the death and rape of Darfur, Criminology 43(3), 525-561.
- Haney, Banks & P. Zimbardo (1973). Interpersonal dynamics in a simulated prison, International Journal of Criminology and Penology, 69-97.
- Haveman, R., Smeulers, A. (2008). Criminology in a state of denial - towards a criminology of international crimes: Supranational Criminology. In: A. Smeulers & R. Haveman (Eds.) (2008). Supranational criminology: towards a criminology of international crimes. Antwerp: Intersentia, p. 1-17.
- Human Rights Watch (2011), Justice compromised - the legacy of Rwanda's community based Gacaca courts, New York: Human Rights Watch, Summary, p. 1-6 (so not the entire report!) - http://www.hrw.org/node/99189
- Kelman, H.C. (2006). The policy context of international crimes - paper prepared for the conference on system criminality in international law, ACIL, October 20-21, 2006.
- Roberts, P., McMillan, N. (2003) For Criminology in International Criminal Justice. Journal of International Criminal Justice 1(2), p. 315- 338.
- Schabas, W.A. (2005). Genocide trials and Gacaca court, Journal International Criminal Justice
- Smeulers, A. & Niekerk, S. van (2009). The Abu Ghraib scandal: an inevitable consequence of the war on terror? Crime, Law and Social Change. 51, p. 327-349.
- Smeulers, A. & F. Grünfeld (2011). International crimes and other gross human rights violations, Leiden: Martinus Nijhof, Chapter 2 - War Crimes, p. 39-84
- Smeulers, A. & F. Grünfeld (2011). International crimes and other gross human rights violations, Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, Chapter 14 post-conflict justice, p. 449-494.
- Smeulers, A. & L. Hoex (2010). Studying the Micro-dynamics of the Rwandan genocide, British Journal of Criminology, 50(3), 435-454
- Smeulers, A. (2004). What transforms ordinary people into gross human rights violators, in: S.C. Carey and S.C. Poe (eds.) Understanding Human Rights Violations: new systematic studies, Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 239-256.
- Smeulers, A. (2008). Perpetrators of international crimes: towards a typology, in: A. Smeulers & R. Haveman (Eds.), Supranational criminology: towards a criminology of international crimes, Antwerpen: Intersentia, pp. 233-265.
- Wood, E. (2006). Variation in sexual violence during war. Politics and Society. 34(3). p. 307-341.
Recommended reading:
Smeulers, A. & F. Grünfeld (2011). International crimes and gross human rights violations: a multi- and interdisciplinary textbook, Leiden: Martinus Nijhof.
See also further recommended readings in the course book as provided to the students |
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Modalités d'évaluation et critères :
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| Two essays of 1500 words.
On Monday 12 November I will give 4 essay titles.
Deadline first essay: 28 November 2012.
Deadline second essay: 12 December 2012
The essay title will be a question. Students have to answer the question and give their own substantiated opinion. Students will be assessed on their ability to submit a logic and coherent line of argument and their knowledge of the core course contents. |
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Contacts :
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| Prof. Alette Smeulers
Tilburg University
a.l.smeulers@tilburguniversity.edu |
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